絶滅のかの狼を連れあるく　　三橋敏雄

zetsumetsu no kano ôkami o tsurearuku

            the extinct wolf

            I take

            and walk with

                                                Toshio Mitsuhashi

from “Nihon Dai-Saijiki” (“Japanese Comprehensive Saijiki”) ,  edited by Shuoshi Mizuhara, Shuson Kato and Kenkichi Yamamoto, published by Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan, 1981

Fay’s Note:   Toshio Mitsuhashi (1920-2001)    ‘ôkami’ (wolf) is a winter kigo.