 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
くれなゐの薔薇ふふみぬ我病いやまさるべき時のしるしに
kurenai no
ubara fufuminu
waga yamai
iyamasarubeki
toki no shirushi ni
the crimson roses
have come into bud—
omen of the time
when my illness
will grow worse
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |