I doze off
In the scent of freesias
High fever.
Je somnole encore
Dans l’arôme des freesias…
Forte fièvre.
This haiku written by Mariko Koga (b. 1924) is from an excellent collection of haiku written by women poets, Anthologie Du rouge aux lèvres. Translated by Dominique Chipot and Makoto Kemmoku (public library). The English translation is mine.
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