Eternal cerulean
of melting snow water
is being opened…
I may disappear
into Lake Shusen
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夏たちて湖(うみ)にみなぎる雪解水もゆる若葉の樹々しづむまで
water of melting snow fills
Lake to the brim
submerging the young leaves
sprouting now
見あぐれば初夏の日差しが桜(はな)透かすかぎろひ結ぶ季(とき)のはざまか
look up…
the early summer shines
through cherry
the border of season shimmers
flaming up