睡蓮 - lotus

睡蓮の時代を経たる潔さ

Standing noble and soundless /
Lotus has been existing /
from generation to generation///

白椿 - white camellia

白椿首永らえて春の暮れ

white camellias survive /
from drop by gravitation /

sigh at dusk in spring ///

朝露 - morning dewdrops

朝露も日一日と梅の花

morning dewdrops bring /
bloom for plum trees /
from day to day ///

雛祭り - girls' festival

雛祭り母娘の歳の差縮まりぬ

on the girls' festival day /
mother and daughter celebrate it /
generation gap has

南洲 - Nanshu Saigou

南洲の視線をたどり春の空

following the direction /
of Nanshu Saigo's vision /
sky of spring is just high ///

豆腐売り - tofu seller

豆腐売り笛音と消える春小路

together with phone tone /
a tofu seller disappears into /
a narrow street in spring ///

大仏と現世 - great Buddha

春巡り大仏知らぬ背の現世

spring is here again /
a great Biddha statue never notices /
its backyard reality ///