I'm a wanderer
I'm a wanderer
so let that be my name –
the first winter rain
poem by Matsuo Basho
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Passing through the world
Passing through the world
Indeed this is just
Sogi's rain shelter
poem by Matsuo Basho
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The butterfly
The butterfly is perfuming
It's wings in the scent
Of the orchid.
poem by Matsuo Basho
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A Cuckoo Cries
a cuckoo cries
and through a thicket of bamboo
the late moon shines
poem by Matsuo Basho
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The clouds come and go
The clouds come and go,
providing a rest for all
the moon viewers
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This first fallen snow
This first fallen snow
is barely enough to bend
the jonquil leaves
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Won't you come and see
Won't you come and see
loneliness? Just one leaf
from the kiri tree.
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Bush-clover Flowers
bush-clover flowers —
they sway but do not drop
their beads of dew
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Eaten alive
Eaten alive by
lice and fleas -- now the horse
beside my pillow pees
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On New Year's Day
On New Year's Day
each thought a loneliness
as winter dusk descends
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