レンブラント若き自画像青嵐　　飯島晴子

renbranto wakaki jigazô ao-arashi

young self-portrait

by Rembrandt

blue summer gust

Haruko Iijima

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

Fay’s Note: Haruko Iijima (1921-2000) “ao” in the above haiku can be translated as“green,” instead of “blue.” The word suggests “young” leaves and I decided to use “blue.”