Ajisai ya shiro yori ideshi asamidori---by Watanabe Suiha
Hydrangea
Palegreen emerging
From pure white
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Ajisai ya nobore to ieru gotoku kai---by Hoshino Tatsuko
Hydrangea
Beckons me
Up to the temple steps
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Ajisai ya hanada ni kawaru kinou kyou---by Masaoka shiki
Hydrangea
Turns to light blue
Yesterday, today
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Ajisai wa omotakarazu ya mizu no ue---by Tomizawa Sekio
Hydrangea
Heavy head down
On the water
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Dou dou to san'u ga naburu yamaajisai---by Hasegawa Kanajo
Heavy mountain rain
Violates
Mountain hydrangea
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Hotarukago kurakereba yuri moetatasu---by Hashimoto Takako
Firefly cage
Dark
Swing it and flame up |
Hotarubi ya meiji no yoru wa kurakarishi---by Shibusawa Jutei
Lights of fireflies
The night was dark
Back in Meiji Era |
Kono yami no ana yawaraka ni hotaru kana---by Takahama Kyoshi
This darkness
is so tender
When firefly twinkles |
Hotarubi wo tori otoshitaru aosa kana---by Takahashi Awajime
I dropped
A firefly down
Green flame! |
Yuruyaka ni kite hito to au hotaru no yo---by Katsura Nobuko
Wear light
And see someone
At this firefly night
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