Summer Hat（第１句集『夏帽子』）
東京のさくら吉野のさくらかな
cherry blossoms in Tokyo ―
Yoshino may also be blooming
夜濯の紅き洗濯ばさみかな
washing clothes at midnight ―
the clothespins are red
学会の夜のホテルに泳ぎけり
swam at the hotel
that night after presenting at a conference
正論を貫き通す涼しさよ
how cool the air
when you keep saying the right thing
金魚にもある溜息のやうなもの
something like a sigh ―
which goldfish also breathe
学問の自由泰山木の花
academic freedom
flowers of evergreen magnolia
図書館のいつもの席に秋の暮
autumn dusk ―
onto the usual seat in the library
短日の三時四時五時六時かな
three, four, five,
and six o'clock on a short day
凍星やいづれ師恩に応へむと
frozen star ―
I pledge to repay my mentor someday
クリスマスツリーの電気消す係
someone in charge of turning off
the Christmas tree lights
The Glow of Sand（第２句集『砂の輝き』）
人間も山椒魚も愉快なり
humans and salamanders
alike are delightful
中心に磐座のある虫の闇
darkness of insects
with a holy rock in the center
小春日や湖を買ふ夢を見て
spring-like day ―
had a dream about buying a lake
髪を切るのは風の盆終へてから
I won't cut my hair ―
until after the wind festival
月の美しさがわかる人とゐる
living with someone
who appreciates the beauty of the moon
水色のボールペン買ふ薄暑かな
early summer ―
bought a light blue ballpoint pen
モネの色遣ひと思ふ夕焼雲
sunset clouds ―
reminiscent of Monet's use of color
明け方の砂の輝き磯遊
playing on the beach ―
the glow of sand at early dawn
女ざかり働きざかり晶子の忌
in my prime as at once a woman and a writer
Akiko Yosano Memorial Day
羅を着て朝までを語りけり
talked until morning,
wearing a thin robe