燕の子眠し食ひたし雷起る　　　西東三鬼

tsubame no ko nemushi kuitashi rai okoru

            baby swallows

            sleepy, but hungry…

            a thunder comes

                                                Sanki Saito

from “Gendai Saijiki” (“Modern Saijiki”), edited by Tohta Kaneko, Momoko Kuroda and Ban’ya Natsuishi, Seisei Shyuppan, Tokyo, 1997

Fay’s Note:   Sanki Saito (1900-1962)