明易く姫が人魚に戻る刻（とき）　　　鷹羽狩行

akeyasuku hime ga ningyo ni modoru toki

            early dawn

            the time when a princess

            returns to a mermaid

                                                Shugyo Takaha

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