雛の灯を消せば近づく雪嶺かな　　本宮哲郎　　　

hina no hi o keseba chikaduku setsurei kana

putting out hina doll’s lamp

a peak of snow mountain

comes closer

Tetsuo Motomiya

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

Fay’s Note: In Japan, hina dolls are decorated at the household having daughter(s) on March 3.