やへざくら田に幾枚も山の水　　　矢島渚男

yaezakura ta ni ikumai mo yama no mizu

            double-blossom cherries

            sheets of mountain water

            in the rice field

                                                Nagisao Yajima

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