Napping at midday
Napping at midday
I hear the song of rice planters
and feel ashamed of myself.
Translated by Robert Hass
poem by Kobayashi Issa
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In the thicket's shade
In the thicket's shade
a woman by herself
singing the rice-planting song.
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poem by Kobayashi Issa
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That pretty girl
That pretty girl--
munching and rustling
the wrapped-up rice cake.
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Wrapping the rice cakes
Wrapping the rice cakes,
with one hand
she fingers back her hair.
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poem by Matsuo Basho
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Bush warbler
Bush warbler:
shits on the rice cakes
on the porch rail.
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poem by Matsuo Basho
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Listening to the moon
Listening to the moon,
gazing at the croaking of frogs
in a field of ripe rice.
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poem by Yosa Buson
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What fish feel
What fish feel,
birds feel, I don't know--
the year ending.
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poem by Matsuo Basho
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New Year's Day
New Year's Day--
everything is in blossom!
I feel about average.
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poem by Kobayashi Issa
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Bush warbler
again the bush warbler
perhaps another stroke
of good luck coming
inspired by
Bush warbler:
shits on the rice cakes
on the porch rail.
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Matsuo Basho
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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These sea slugs
These sea slugs,
they just don't seem
Japanese.
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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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That wren
That wren--
looking here, looking there.
You lose something?
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poem by Kobayashi Issa
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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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Napped half the day
Napped half the day;
no one
punished me!
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poem by Kobayashi Issa
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How much
How much
are you enjying yourself,
tiger moth?
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Hey, sparrow!
Hey, sparrow!
out of the way,
Horse is coming.
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Seen
Seen
through a telescope:
ten cents worth of fog.
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My arm for a pillow
My arm for a pillow,
I really like myself
under the hazy moon.
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poem by Yosa Buson
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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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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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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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