梅干して人は日陰にかくれけり　　　中村汀女

ume hoshite hito wa hikage ni kakurekeri

            drying plums

            she retreats herself

            in the shade

                                                Teijo Nakamura

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

Fay’s Note:  Teijo Nakamura (1900-1988)   ‘ume hosu’ (drying plums) is a summer kigo