死なざれば終らぬあそび春灯　　中田水光

shinazareba owaranu asobi harutomoshi

            the only way to end a play

            is a death…

            spring light

                                                Suikoh Nakada

from “Haiku-kai” (“Haiku World,” a monthly haiku magazine), February 2017 Issue, Bungaku No Mori, Tokyo