方丈の大庇より春の蝶　　　高野素十

hôjô ôhisashi yori haru no chô

from a canopy

of the abbot’s residence

a spring butterfly

                                    Suju Takano

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

Fay’s Note:  Suju Takano (1893-1976)