wir tanzen hier auf
dem Dachfirst der Hölle
und gucken Blümchen

in this world
we walk on the roof of hell,
gazing at flowers

Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828)

(The Essential Haiku. Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa. Edited with Verse Translations by Robert Hass. HarperCollins 1994. S. 158)