The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Basho

The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Basho

Author:Matsuo Basho [Bashō, Matsuo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780141913650
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd


On to a bridge

Suspended over a precipice

Clings an ivy vine,

Body and soul together.

Ancient imperial horses

Must have also crossed

This suspended bridge

On their way to Kyōto.

Halfway on the bridge,

I found it impossible

Even to wink my eye,

When the fog lifted.

Written by Etsujin

A poem composed at Mount Obasute:

In imagination,

An old woman and I

Sat together in tears

Admiring the moon.

The moon is already

Sixteen days old,

And yet I linger

In Sarashina Village.

Three days have passed,

And three times I have seen

The bright moon

In the cloudless sky.

Written by Etsujin



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