Young green leaves
Mirrored in the crystal beads
Of my rosary.
~
Meimetsu no
Izure kanashiki
Hotaru kana
Flickering lights
Of fireflies
Forebode their short lives
Just one drop of dew
Situated on a rock -
Indestructible.
Kongou no
tsuyuhitotsubu ya
ishi no ue
~
Firefly lights
Link up as a chain of beads
Along the water's edge.
