あぢさゐのかくも疲れし前頭葉　　波戸岡　旭

ajisai no kakumo tsukareshi zentoyô

            hydrangea…

            its frontal lobe

            so tired

                                                Akira Hatooka

from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine ,  December 2016 Issue,  Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo

Fay’s Note:   This one is tough to translate.   Japanese word after a hydrangea is ‘no’  (of).    But a flower doesn’t have a frontal lobe and this ‘no’ may be a soft cut…   Translation could (should?) be:

            hydrangea…

            my frontal lobe

            so tired