10 English Haiku (1) sowne of retraite souldiors retourne home for new yeare (in Early English) a retreat is blown soldiers return home for New Year (in Current English) 退却のトランペットが吹かれる 兵士が帰国 正月を迎えるため Note: About the first haiku The first haiku is written in Early Modern English, fifteenth to sixteenth century, to be exact, followed by … Continue reading Haiku by Chen Xiaoou in China (21)