Choka Poems
When I Eat Melons
by Yamanoue no Okura
瓜食めば
Uri hameba
When I eat melons
子ども思ほゆ
Kodomo omohoyu
My children come to my mind;
栗食めば
Kuri hameba
When I eat chestnuts
まして偲はゆ
......
Lights Out
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
Redbird at midnight
Where did the orange sun go
on Emerald Lane?
Stars twinkle summer
butterfly wings so weary
Lights out cool fireflies.
Resting on jade grass
do the crickets miss their song
in mellow moonlight?
Flowers waltz in pearls
......
Lights Out
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
Redbird at midnight
Where did the orange sun go
on Emerald Lane?
Stars twinkle summer
butterfly wings so weary
Lights out cool fireflies.
Resting on jade grass
do the crickets miss their song
in mellow moonlight?
Flowers waltz in pearls
......
When I Eat Melons
by Yamanoue no Okura
瓜食めば
Uri hameba
When I eat melons
子ども思ほゆ
Kodomo omohoyu
My children come to my mind;
栗食めば
Kuri hameba
When I eat chestnuts
まして偲はゆ
......
