Madoka Mayuzumi[Poems of 17syllables]Title



[Japanease]

Queen of the Night, bloomed with a sign of someone.

As someone passed near a flower bud of the Queen of the Night, it began to bloom slowly. It looked as if the flower noticed a sign of someone.

The Queen of the Night are flowers that only bloom one day. They open in the early evening and the blossoms are finished by the next morning. Some blossoms open without anyone having noticed.

This Queen of the Night may have wanted more people to notice its beautiful blossom.

[season words] Queen of the Night
[season] summer


Fireflies, I must go, I must go.

I am at a beach with my boyfriend. This evening at the sea, the fireflies are flying around brightly and beautifully, and it is so romantic.

It is getting late, and the time to go home is getting closer. I keep thinking, gI must go now, I must go now.h But I just cannot leave.

[season words] fireflies
[season] summer


Summer cuisine, served with a breeze on the side.

The summer cuisine was served together with a cool breeze. Not only is summer cuisine itself cold, but it is often presented to give the appearance of coolness, with ice in the serving dishes, or decorated with green leaves.

The breeze that came in with the summer cuisine, was like a presentation to enhance the coolness of the cuisine.

[season words] summer cuisine
[season] summer


A white parasol, waited for someone until just a while ago.

A woman with a white parasol stood and waited for someone for a long time. But, the other party did not show up. She had been standing there until just a while ago, but I realized that she had left quietly.

The white parasol seemed to express the pureness of her feeling as she waited for the other party to keep their premise. The parasol that had departed without seeing the promise fulfilled, seemed to have left a feeling of loneliness where she had been standing.

[season words] a white parasol
[season] summer


The boat knows those two will never be together.

Often we see couples ride amicably together on boats at lakes or riversides. Sometimes they appear to be in the midst of happiness, but sometimes they may be in a love that will never come true.

The couple we see seems to be one of them. However, because they understand the foreseeable result, they may be enjoying the precious time they have to be together.

[season words] boat
[season] summer


translated by Mineko Azuma


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