Poem of the Week

print by Kasai

秋の夜を　打ち崩したる　咄かな

Aki no yo wo/ Uchikuzushitaru/ Hanashi kana

English

In the autumn night,

 Breaking into

A pleasant chat.

By Mastuo Bashô

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The smell of the blossoms
Gets pushed away
By cold weather…

By Bashō

Poem of the Week

閑けさや　

岩にしみいる　

蝉の声

Shizukesa ya

Iwa ni shimiiru

Semi no koe

~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~

Ah, tranquility!

Penetrating the very rock,

A cicada’s voice.

By Matsyi Bashō

Translation by Helen Craig McCullough

 

Poem of the Week