Ah, the willow branch
in the vase can no longer --
reach the low water.
Ach, de wilgentak	Der Weidenzweig in
in de vaas kan het water --	der Vase kann das Wasser --
niet meer bereiken.	nicht mehr erreichen.

Poem H5247
Amsterdam, 2025-02-11
The water in the vase (Shigenobu) - 1832
Haiku by Shigenobu (-1832), included in the 1986 collection "Japanese Death Poems", compiled by Yoel Hoffmann: "Nageire no / mizu mo todokazu / yanagi kana" ("A willow branch / that doesn't reach the water / in the vase")
Collection: After the festivities
Keyword: Death: dying 
Tribute to: Shigenobu