 | (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) |  |
世の中は常なきものと我愛づる山吹の花散りにけるかも
yo no naka wa
tsunenaki mono to
waga mezuru
yamabuki no hana
chirinikeru kamo
thinking how soon
all in this world passes
I loved
the yellow roses
that now have scattered
| (Selected Poems of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman) | |