噴煙や鉄の匂ひの水芭蕉 中村苑子
funen ya tetsu no nioi no mizubashô
volcano fumes—
skunk-cabbages
with iron smell
Sonoko Nakamura
from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006
Fay’s Note: Sonoko Nakamura (1913-2001) Literay translation of ‘mizubashô’ is ‘water Bsho (banana).’