真清水の音のあはれを汲みて去る　　黒田杏子

mashimizu no oto no aware o kumite saru

            crystal spring water

            the pathos of its sound

            I scoop up and leave

                                                Momoko Kuroda

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

Fay’s Note:  ‘shimizu’ (spring water) is a summer kigo.