all night long
the motel’s vacancy sign
blinking on and off …
her absence leaves a hole
in my wandering heart
Japanese Translation by Hidenori Hiruta
一晩中
モーテルの空き室の表示が
明滅している...
彼女の不在が空洞を残す
私のさ迷っている心の中に
Akita International Haiku Network, March 30, 2019
Butterfly Dream: Summer Nights Haiku by Masaoka Shiki
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*English Original*
how much life
is left to me --
brief, these summer nights
*Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan*, 2018
Masaoka Shiki
*Chinese...