Classic Haiku by Basho

Author:Basho
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780486143156
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2012-10-13T00:00:00+00:00

This verse is said to have been sent to Ransetsu, Bash’s favourite pupil. Tradition says that the bagworm chirps in a feeble, sad voice, longing for its parents, and has been a favourite insect with poets from of old. I cannot but feel that this verse symbolizes Bash’s life of quietude. is pronounced either “iori” or simply “io.”

Come to listen

To the basket-worms,

To my lowly hut.

Trans. by Minoru Toyoda

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Hototogisu to Tsuki

Hototogisu

-takeyabu wo

Moru tsukiyo

A Cuckoo and the Moon

A cuckoo has cried; lo ! the moon

Gleams through a great grove of bamboos.

Bash

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