Japanese Poems (Haiku)..
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Matsuo Basho (1644 ~ 1694)..  A statue of Basho in Ogaki,Gifu A field of cotton A field of cotton as if the moon had flowered. __________________ First winter rain First winter rain even the monkey seems to want a raincoat. __________________ An old pond! An old pond! A frog jumps in The sound of water. __________________ Clouds appear Clouds appear and bring to men a chance to rest from looking at the moon. __________________ the swinging bridge Now the swinging bridge Is quieted with creepers Like our tendrilled life. __________________ No blossoms No blossoms and no moon, and he is drinking sake all alone! __________________ Temple bells Temple bells die out. The fragrant blossoms remain. A perfect evening! __________________ Loneliness Won't you come and see loneliness? Just one leaf from the kiri tree. __________________ In the cicada's cry In the cicada's cry No sign can foretell How soon it must die. __________________ Bitter–tasting ice — Bitter–tasting ice — Just enough to wet the throat Of a sewer rat. __________________ Don't imitate me Don't imitate me; it's as boring as the two halves of a melon. ________________ A cool fall night At a hermitage: A cool fall night getting dinner, we peeled eggplants, cucumbers. __________________ Collection of Six Haiku Waking in the night; the lamp is low, the oil freezing. It has rained enough to turn the stubble on the field black. Winter rain falls on the cow-shed; a cock crows. The leeks newly washed white, how cold it is! The sea darkens; the voices of the wild ducks are faintly white. Ill on a journey; my dreams wander over a withered moor. ________________ |
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