三日月のせた水輪こちらへ来たがるよ　　中村草田男

mikazuki noseta suirin kochira e kitagaruyo

a watering

with a tree-day moon on its top

wants to come to this side

                                                                        Kusatao Nakamura

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Fay’s Note:  Kusatao Nakamura (1901-1983)