Madoka Mayuzumi[Poems of 17syllables]Title



[Japanese]

Winter rainbow quickly disappears when I point to it.

Winter rainbows are very faint, and by the time you notice them they have almost disappeared.

The winter rainbow disappeared as I pointed to it. The only thing left was the beautiful image of the fragile winter rainbow.

Often love and dreams, like winter rainbows, hopelessly disappear just as you feel that you have found them. Perhaps that way they are more precious, and remain as a beautiful memory.

[season words] winter rainbow
[season] winter


Winter Galaxy, when I want to see him it is never the right time.

During a love affair under certain circumstances, it is difficult to see each other during the holidays, such as Christmas.

Wanting to see him, I look up and see the winter galaxy. Sparkling beautifully the winter galaxy makes me miss him even more.

[season words] winter galaxy
[season] winter


A flower blooming out of season, remains behind the traveler on the road side.

One could see the back of a traveler far ahead and the straight line of road that trailed behind him. It looked as if the road was following the traveler. A flower was blooming where the traveler had just passed by.

Sometimes out of season flowers bloom on warm days in winter. This flower was blooming alone, quiet but strong, in the dreary winter scene.

Perhaps the traveler who just passed by made it bloom.

[season words] a flower blooming out of season
[season] winter


First day of a diary, the word love is found many times.

It is a little embarrassing to talk about one's love. Or maybe it is because you have a secret love that you cannot talk about it to anyone. At least, in a diary, I can tell all about my love without worrying about anyone.

The first page of my diary on which I write for the first time this year, is filled with my thoughts about the person I love.

[season words] first day of a diary
[season] new year


translated by Mineko Azuma


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