I'm going out
I'm going out,
flies, so relax,
make love.
Translated by Robert Hass
poem by Kobayashi Issa
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Last time, I think
Last time, I think,
I'll brush the flies
from my father's face.
Translated by Robert Hass
poem by Kobayashi Issa
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Having slept, the cat gets up
Having slept, the cat gets up,
yawns, goes out
to make love.
Translated by Robert Hass
poem by Kobayashi Issa
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These sea slugs
These sea slugs,
they just don't seem
Japanese.
Translated by Robert Hass
poem by Kobayashi Issa
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A bee
A bee
staggers out
of the peony.
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poem by Matsuo Basho
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Even with insects
Even with insects--
some can sing,
some can't.
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poem by Kobayashi Issa
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That wren
That wren--
looking here, looking there.
You lose something?
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poem by Kobayashi Issa
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First day of spring
First day of spring--
I keep thinking about
the end of autumn.
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poem by Matsuo Basho
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Napped half the day
Napped half the day;
no one
punished me!
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poem by Kobayashi Issa
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The toad! It looks like
The toad! It looks like
it could belch
a cloud.
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poem by Kobayashi Issa
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Seen
Seen
through a telescope:
ten cents worth of fog.
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poem by Kobayashi Issa
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They end their flight
They end their flight
one by one---
crows at dusk.
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poem by Yosa Buson
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Hey, sparrow!
Hey, sparrow!
out of the way,
Horse is coming.
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poem by Kobayashi Issa
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Visiting the graves
Visiting the graves,
the old dog
leads the way.
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poem by Kobayashi Issa
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My arm for a pillow
My arm for a pillow,
I really like myself
under the hazy moon.
Translated by Robert Hass
poem by Yosa Buson
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How much
How much
are you enjying yourself,
tiger moth?
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poem by Kobayashi Issa
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Power Of Love
Oh oh
Wee-ell-Now!
Relax don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
When you want to come
Relax don't do it
When you want to to go to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
Relax don't do it
When you want to suck to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
Come-oh oh oh
But shoot it in the right direction
Make making it your intention-ooh yeah
Live those dreams
Scheme those schemes
Got to hit me
Hit me
Hit me with those laser beams
I'm coming
I'm coming-yeah
Relax don't do it
When you want to go to it
Relax don't do it
When you want to come
Relax don't do it
When you want to suck to it
Relax don't do it (love)
When you want to come
When you want to come
When you want to come
Come-huh
Get it up
The scene of love
Oh feel it
Relax Relax Relax
Higher higher Relax
Hey-
Pray
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A field of cotton
A field of cotton--
as if the moon
had flowered.
Translated by Robert Hass
poem by Matsuo Basho
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Not very anxious
Not very anxious
to bloom,
my plum tree.
Translated by Robert Hass
poem by Kobayashi Issa
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He's on the porch
He's on the porch,
to escape the wife and kids--
how hot it is!
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poem by Yosa Buson
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A caterpillar
A caterpillar,
this deep in fall--
still not a butterfly.
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poem by Matsuo Basho
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