Occasional clouds

occasional clouds

people can rest themselves 

moon viewing

 

Matsuo Basho 

Translation by Jane Reichhold.

  

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Deserted child

coming with frost

the wind lies down to sleep with 

a deserted child

 

Matsuo Basho 

Translation by Jane Reichhold.

  

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Cicada shell

from a treetop

emptiness dropped down 

in a cicada shell

 

Matsuo Basho 

Translation by Jane Reichhold.

  

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Moon viewing

today

this night has no time to sleep

moon viewing

 

Matsuo Basho 

Translation by Jane Reichhold.

  

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Taking a nap

Taking a nap

feet planted

against a cool wall.

 

Matsuo Basho 

Translation by Robert Hass.

  

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How admirable

How admirable!

to see lightening and not think

life is fleeting.

 

Matsuo Basho 

Translation by Robert Hass.

  

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Wrapping the rice cakes

Wrapping the rice cakes

with one hand

she fingers back her hair.

 

Matsuo Basho 

Translation by Robert Hass.

 

  

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A field of cotton

A field of cotton—

as if the moon

had flowered.

 

Matsuo Basho 

Translation by Robert Hass.

 

  

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Moonlight slanting

Moonlight slanting

through the bamboo grove;

a cuckoo crying.

 

Matsuo Basho 

Translation by Robert Hass.

  

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The ancient pond

The ancient pond

A frog leaps in

The sound of water.

 

Matsuo Basho 

Translation by Donald Keene.

 

  

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