OH THAT SUMMER MOON!
IT MADE ME GO
WANDERING
ROUND THE POND ALL NIGHT
- BASHO
IF I COULD BUNDLE
FUJI’S BREEZES
BACK TO TOWN …
WHAT A SOUVENIR!
- BASHO
SOME POOR VILLAGES
LACK FRESH FISH
OR FLOWERS …
ALL CAN SHARE THIS MOON
- SAIKAKU
POPPY PETALS FALL
SOFTLY QUIETLY
CALMLY
WHEN THEY ARE READY
- ETSUJIN
NEW YEAR DAWNING CLEAR …
CHEERFUL SPARROWS
CHATTER
ALL DAY LIKE PEOPLE
- RANSETSU
PINE TREE SILHOUETTE
PAINTED BY THE
HARVEST MOON
ON A SHINING SKY
- RANSETSU
GAZING AT FALLING
PETALS
A BABY ALMOST
LOOKS LIKE A BUDDHA
- KUBUTSU
HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN
WE HEARD A SKYLARK
SINGING FAINTLY
FAR BELOW …
- BASHO
IT IS NICE TO READ
NEWS THAT OUR
SPRING RAIN ALSO
VISITED YOUR TOWN
- ONITSURA
TIDES OF THE SPRING SEA,
TIDE AFTER INDOLENT TIDE
DRIFTING
ON AND ON …
- BUSON
THE LEAVES NEVER KNOW
WHICH LEAF
WILL BE FIRST TO FALL …
DOES THE WIND KNOW?
- SOSEKI
THE BEST I HAVE
TO OFFER YOU
IS THE SMALL SIZE
OF THE MOSQUITOES
- BASHO
ON THE TEMPLE’S GREAT
BRONZE BELL,
A BUTTERFLY SLEEPS
IN THE NOON SUN
- BUSON
SINCE MY HOUSE
BURNED DOWN, I NOW OWN
A BETTER VIEW
OF THE RISING MOON
- MASAHIDE
BROKEN AND BROKEN
AGAIN ON THE SEA,
THE MOON
SO EASILY MENDS
- CHOSU
O MOON,
WHY MUST YOU INSPIRE
MY NEIGHBOUR TO CHIRP
ALL NIGHT ON A FLUTE!
- KOYO
WHAT A SPLENDID DAY!
NO ONE IN ALL
THE VILLAGE
DOING ANYTHING!
- SHIKI
THE ROOSTER, FIGHTING,
SPREADING
HIS RUFF OF FEATHERS,
THINKS HE’S A LION
- KIKAKU
HE IS UNKNOWN,
THE POET WHO SINGS
THIS GREATEST
OF ALL SONGS – SPRING
- SHIKI
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