くらがりに歳月を負ふ冬帽子　　石原八束

kuragari ni saigetsu o ou fuyubôshi

            in the darkness

            a winter cap carries

            all these years

                                                Yatsuka Ishihara

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:   Yatsuka Ishihara (1919-1998)