霜焼の一家迎えるみずうみよ

Oh, lake

welcoming a family

with frostbite



                                             小食でたぶんよろしい春の月



It’s probably okay

to be a small eater -

spring moon



                                             いのうえの気配なくなり猫の恋

Mrs. Inoue’s sign

is finally gone -

cats in love



                                             不整脈なら葉桜に食われけり

Irregular pulses

eaten by green leaves

of cherry trees



                                            母の日の閃光さわってはならぬ

Don’t touch

a flash of light

on Mother’s Day

(Trans. Keiji Minato)