 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
瓶にさす藤の花ぶさ一ふさはかさねし書の上に垂れたり
kame ni sasu
fuji no hanabusa
hitofusa wa
kasaneshi fumi no
ue ni taretari
wisteria
in the vase—
one plume hangs down,
brushing
a pile of books
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |