IN THESE DARK WATERS
DRAWN UP FROM
MY FROZEN WELL ...
GLITTERING OF SPRING

RINGAI

STANDING STILL AT DUSK
LISTEN ... IN FAR
DISTANCES
THE SONG OF FROGLINGS!

BUSON

I DREAMED OF BATTLES
AND WAS SLAIN...
OH SAVAGE SAMURAI!
INSATIABLE FLEAS!

KIKAKU

IN SILENT MID-NIGHT
OUR OLD SCARECROW
TOPPLES DOWN...
WEIRD HOLLOW ECHO

BON CHO

WOMEN PLANTING RICE...
UGLY EVERY BIT
ABOUT THEM...
BUT THEIR ANCIENT SONG

RAIZAN

WILD GEESE WRITE A LINE
FLAP-FLAPPING
ACROSS THE SKY ...
COMICAL DUTCH SCRIPT

SOIN

DEAD MY OLD FINE HOPES
AND DRY MY DREAMING
BUT STILL...
IRIS, BLUE EACH SPRING

SHUSHIRI

IN THIS WINDY NEST
OPEN YOUR HUNGRY
MOUTH IN VAIN...
ISSA, STEPCHILD BIRD

ISSA

BALLET IN THE AIR ...
TWIN BUTTERFLIES
UNTIL, TWICE WHITE
THEY MEET, THEY MATE

BASHO

ON THE DEATH OF HIS CHILD
DEW EVAPORATES
AND ALL OUR WORLD
IS DEW ... SO DEAR,
SO FRESH, SO FLEETING

ISSA

BLACK CLOUDBANK BROKEN
SCATTERS IN THE
NIGHT ... NOW SEE
MOON-LIGHTED MOUNTAINS!

BASHO

SEEK ON HIGH BARE TRAILS
SKY-REFLECTING
VIOLETS...
MOUNTAIN-TOP JEWELS

BASHO

FOR A LOVELY BOWL
LET US ARRANGE THESE
FLOWERS...
SINCE THERE IS NO RICE

BASHO

NOW THAT EYES OF HAWKS
IN DUSKY NIGHT
ARE DARKENED...
CHIRPING OF THE QUAILS

BASHO

MY TWO PLUM TREES ARE
SO GRACIOUS ...
SEE, THEY FLOWER
ONE NOW, ONE LATER

BUSON

ONE FALLEN FLOWER
RETURNING TO THE
BRANCH? ... OH NO!
A WHITE BUTTERFLY

MORITAKE

CLOUDBANK CURLING LOW?
AH! THE MOUNTAIN
YOSHINO ...
CHERRY CUMULUS!

RYOTA

FIE! THIS FICKLE WORLD!
THREE DAYS, NEGLECTED
CHERRY-BRANCH ...
AND YOU ARE BARE

RYOTA

HANGING THE LANTERN
ON THAT FULL WHITE
BLOOMING BOUGH...
EXQUISITE YOUR CARE!

SHIKI

APRIL'S AIR STIRS IN
WILLOW-LEAVES ...
A BUTTERFLY
FLOATS AND BALANCES

BASHO

IN THE SEA-SURF EDGE
MINGLING WITH
BRIGHT SMALL SHELLS ..
BUSH-CLOVER PETALS

BASHO

THE RIVER
GATHERING MAY RAINS
FROM COLD STREAMLETS
FOR THE SEA ...
MURMURING MOGAMI

BASHO

A GATE MADE ALL OF TWIGS
WITH WOVEN GRASS
FOR HINGES ...
FOR A LOCK ... THIS SNAIL

ISSA

WIND-BLOWN, RAINED ON ...
BENT BARLEY-GRASS
YOU MAKE ME
NARROW PATH INDEED

JOSO

ARISE FROM SLEEP, OLD CAT,
AND WITH GREAT YAWNS
AND STRETCHINGS ...
AMBLE OUT FOR LOVE

ISSA

WHITE CLOUD OF MIST
ABOVE WHITE
CHERRY-BLOSSOMS ...
DAWN-SHINING MOUNTAINS

BASHO

HI! MY LITTLE HUT
IS NEWLY-THATCHED
I SEE...
BLUE MORNING-GLORIES

ISSA

IN THE CITY FIELDS
CONTEMPLATING
CHERRY-TREES ...
STRANGERS ARE LIKE FRIENDS

ISSA

SEE, SEE, SEE! OH SEE!
OH WHAT TO SAY?
AH YOSHINO ...
MOUNTAIN-ALL-ABLOOM!

TEISHITSU

GREEN SHADOW-DANCES ...
SEE OUR YOUNG
BANANA-TREE
PATTERING THE SCREEN

SHIKI

DON'T TOUCH MY PLUMTREE!
SAID MY FRIEND
AND SAYING SO ...
BROKE THE BRANCH FOR ME

TAIGI

TWILIGHT WHIPPOORWILL ...
WHISTLE ON,
SWEET DEEPENER
OF DARK LONELINESS

BASHO

RECITING SCRIPTURES...
STRANGE THE
WONDROUS BLUE I FIND
IN MORNING-GLORIES

KYOROKU

MANY SOLEMN NIGHTS
BLOND MOON, WE STAND
AND MARVEL...
SLEEPING OUR NOONS AWAY

TEITOKU

MOUNTAIN-ROSE PETALS
FALLING, FALLING,
FALLING NOW ...
WATERFALL MUSIC

BASHO

AMOROUS CAT, ALAS
YOU TOO MUST YOWL
WITH YOUR LOVE...
OR EVEN WORSE, WITHOUT!

YAHA