I'll just answer what I can answer quickly for now..
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Originally Posted by Jonas06
心なき身 is exactly what I was getting it with my example. (BTW how would you transliterate that?).
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That is こころなきみ.
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Originally Posted by Jonas06
By the way, how is the poem written formally? That is, are most poems usually written vertically from right to left? And how is each line divided? Wikipedia states that Haiku's are written in a single vertical line. Is this right?
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That's right. Haikus are short enough to be written in a single vertical line. Tankas, which are a little longer, are still written the same way as long as the vertical length of the paper allows it. When it doesn't, you divide it into the first 5-7-5 syllables and the last 7-7 syllables.