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Four Haiku

Matsuo Basho

Spring:
A hill without a name
Veiled in morning mist.

The beginning of autumn:
Sea and emerald paddy
Both the same green.

The winds of autumn
Blow: yet still green
The chestnut husks.

A flash of lightning:
Into the gloom
Goes the heron's cry.


Translated by Geoffrey Bownas And Anthony Thwaite


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Added: 16 Feb 2003 | Last Read: 8 Nov 2009 3:59 AM | Viewed: 6087 times

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