Part 2

THE LADEN WAGON RUNS
BUMBLING AND CREAKING
DOWN THE ROAD...
THREE PEONIES TREMBLE

BUSON

AH ME! I AM ONE
WHO SPENDS HIS LITTLE
BREAKFAST
MORNING-GLORY GAZING

BASHO

MY GOOD FATHER RAGED
WHEN I SNAPPED
THE PEONY...
PRECIOUS MEMORY!

TAIRO

BY THAT FALLEN HOUSE
THE PEAR-TREE STANDS
FULL-BLOOMING ...
AN ANCIENT BATTLE-SITE

SHIKI

IN THE OPEN SHOP
PAPERWEIGHTS ON
PICTURE BOOKS...
YOUNG SPRINGTIME BREEZE

KITO

DIM THE GREY COW COMES
MOOING MOOING
AND MOOING
OUT OF THE MORNING MIST

ISSA

TAKE THE ROUND FLAT MOON
SNAP THIS TWIG
FOR HANDLE...
WHAT A PRETTY FAN!

SOKAN

SEAS ARE WILD TONIGHT...
STRETCHING OVER
SADO ISLAND
SILENT CLOUDS OF STARS

BASHO

WHY SO SCRAWNY, CAT?
STARVING FOR FAT FISH
OR MICE ...
OR BACKYARD LOVE?

BASHO

DEWDROP, LET ME CLEANSE
IN YOUR BRIEF
SWEET WATERS ...
THESE DARK HANDS OF LIFE

BASHO

LIGHTNING FLASH, CRASH...
WAITING IN THE
BAMBOO GROVE
SEE THREE DEW-DROPS FALL

BUSON

ASHES MY BURNT HUT ...
BUT WONDERFUL
THE CHERRY
BLOOMING ON MY HILL

HOKUSHI

LIFE? BUTTERFLY
ON A SWAYING GRASS
THAT'S ALL ...
BUT EXQUISITE!

SOIN

GLORIOUS THE MOON...
THEREFORE OUR THANKS
DARK CLOUDS
COME TO REST OUR NECKS

BASHO

WHAT A PEONY...
DEMANDING TO BE
MEASURED
BY MY LITTLE FAN!

ISSA

UNDER CHERRY-TREES
SOUP, THE SALAD,
FISH AND ALL ...
SEASONED WITH PETALS

BASHO

NOW FROM CHERRY-TREES ...
MILLIONS OF MAIDENS
FLYING
FIERCE WAR-LORD STORM

SADAIYE

MOON SO BRIGHT FOR LOVE!
COME CLOSER, QUILT...
ENFOLD
MY PASSIONATE COLD!

SAMPU

TOO CURIOUS FLOWER
WATCHING US PASS,
MET DEATH...
OUR HUNGRY DONKEY

BASHO

CLOUD OF CHERRY-BLOOM ...
TOLLING TWILIGHT
BELL ... TEMPLE
UENO? ASAKURA?

BASHO

MUST SPRINGTIME FADE?
THEN CRY ALL BIRDS ...
AND FISHES'
COLD PALE EYES POUR TEARS

BASHO

A NURSEMAID SCARECROW...
FRIGHTENING THE
WIND AND SUN
FROM PLAYING BABY

ISSA

ON HER DEAD SON
IN WHAT WINDY LAND
WANDERS NOW
MY LITTLE DEAR
DRAGONFLY HUNTER?

CHIYO-NI

A SADDENING WORLD:
FLOWERS WHOSE SWEET
BLOOMS MUST FALL...
AS WE TOO, ALAS...

ISSA

DESCRIBE PLUM-BLOSSOMS?
BETTER THAN MY
VERSES ... WHITE
WORDLESS BUTTERFLIES

REIKAN

LEND ME WATER PLEASE?
SOME FRESH YOUNG
MORNING-GLORY,
CARELESS ... TOOK MY WELL

CHIYO-NI

A YOUNG SISTER
PITIFUL ... ON MY
OUTSTRETCHED PALM
AT DUSK DIES
THE LITTLE FIREFLY

KYORAI

YOU STUPID SCARECROW!
UNDER YOUR VERY
STICK-FEET
BIRDS ARE STEALING BEANS!

YAYU

AFTERNOON SHOWER...
WALKING AND TALKING
IN THE STREET:
UMBRELLA AND RAINCOAT!

BUSON

IN THE FARTHER FIELD
A SCARECROW KEPT ME
COMPANY ...
WALKING AS I WALKED

SANIN

PRETTY BUTTERFLIES...
BE CAREFUL OF
PINE-NEEDLE POINTS
IN THIS GUSTY WIND!

SHUSEN

AH, UNREQUITED LOVE!
NOW ELEVATE YOUR CHIN
AND KEEN
TOM-CAT, TO THE MOON!

KYORAI

HI! KIDS MIMICKING
CORMORANTS ... YOU ARE
MORE LIKE
REAL CORMORANTS THAN
THEY!

ISSA

BUZZING THE BEE TRADES
PEONY FOR PEONY
WITH THE BUTTERFLY

TAIGI

SUCH UTTER SILENCE!
EVEN THE CRICKETS’
SINGING...
MUFFLED BY HOT ROCKS

BASHO

FAR ACROSS LOW MIST
INTERMITTENTLY
THE LAKE
LIFTS A SNOW-WHITE SAIL

GAKOKU

A WHITE SWAN SWIMMING ...
PARTING WITH HER
UNMOVED BREAST
CHERRY-PETALED POND

ROKA

FOR A COOL EVENING
I HIRED THE
OLD TEMPLE PORCH ...
PENNY IN THE DISH

SHIKI

QUITE A HUNDRED GOURDS
SPROUTING FROM
THE FERTILE SOUL...
OF A SINGLE VINE

CHIYO-NI

SWALLOW IN THE DUSK...
SPARE MY LITTLE
BUZZING FRIENDS
AMONG THE FLOWERS

BASHO