われら皆むかし十九や秋の暮　　　高柳重信

warera mina mukashi jyûku ya aki no kure

            all of us used to be

            nineteen years old—

            autumn dusk

                                                Jushin Takayanagi

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

Fay’s Note:  Jushin Takayanagi (1923-1983)