よく変はる手相のうへの桜貝

Cherry-blossom clams

on a palm whose lines

always change



                                                 牛蛙どちらの言ひ分から聴かう



Bullfrogs -

which opinion

should I hear first?



                                                 カフェラテに浮かぶ暗号青葉雨

Cipher floating

on my cafe latte -

rain on young leaves



                                                 朝の蛾の這ふ堕天使の這ふごとく

A morning moth

is creeping

like a fallen angel



                                                 不可解な螺子落ちてくる日向ぼこ

A mysterious screw

drops from somewhere

as I bask in the sun

(Trans. Keiji Minato)