Summer Morning

summer morning

exhales a sweet breath

a flower of bitter gourd

夏の朝 甘き息吐く 苦き君

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Foxtails

in the morning sun

an old lady asks what I'm gazing at 

ねこじゃらし 朝日の中で 輝けり

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don't touch me

easily

a tiger lily shakes a stamen

気安く触れなば雄蕊を見舞わん