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A field of cotton—as if the moonhad flowered.
A field of cotton—
as if the moon
had flowered.
Matsuo Basho
Translation by Robert Hass.
Moonlight slanting
through the bamboo grove;a cuckoo crying.
through the bamboo grove;
a cuckoo crying.
The ancient pondA frog leaps inThe sound of water.
The ancient pond
A frog leaps in
The sound of water.
Translation by Donald Keene.