空へ若竹のなやみなしtoward the sky young bamboo untroubled

若竹はただまっすぐ、空へ向かって伸びていく。そこには悩みというものがない。人はなかなかそうはいかないけれど、見上げているあいだだけは、その素直さを分けてもらえる。青い葉が朝の光を透かす、初夏の目覚めにふさわしい一句。The young bamboo simply grows straight up toward the sky. It has nothing you could call a trouble. People rarely manage that, but as long as you are looking up, a little of that plainness is shared out to you. With green leaves letting the morning light through, it suits a waking to early summer.