когда услышу
сосновой ветки запах
предновогодний
подступят прямо к сердцу
родной Ямато волны


(…I have written this poem to Minawa san who is far from his homeland…)


when I hear
pine branch smell
on a New Year Eve,
the waves of home Yamato will well up
right in my heart

translated by Alengoz V.