A Tanka about Time's Passing

English Original:

yesterday
will be the same
for tomorrow never changes –
the kite of my days
cut from the string of Life

Japanese Translation by Hidenori Hiruta

昨日また明日も変わらず同じかな我が世の凧は糸切られけり

Akita International Haiku Network (Oct. 30, 2010)