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A I K U S P
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Matsuo
Basho
old pond's silence ~
a frog jumps
splash-sound!
morning's snow ~
alone, chewing
dried salmon
on a bare branch
a crow has settled ~
autumn dusk
once in a while clouds
give a break
to moon-watchers
the harvest moon ~
I walk around the pond
until daybreak
this first snow ~
just enough to weigh
this daffodil's leaves down
they bring so many things
to my mind
these cherry blossoms!
green ~
it should have stayed green,
this pepper!
I am excited
and then sad ~
cormorant fishing
from now on
call me "traveller" ~
this winter's first shower
stone-cutter's
plot ~
flowering among the stones,
crysanthemums
on this road:
no other traveller ~
autumn nightfall
autumn evening ~
my neighbour, how does he earn
his living?
sick on a trip ~
my dreams wandering
on withered moor
Translation : Gilles Fabre
