[A cloud of flowers!]
A cloud of flowers!
Is the bell Uyeno
Or Asakusa?
—Translation by William George Aston
[An ancient pond!]
An ancient pond!
With a sound from the water
Of the frog as it plunges in.
—Translation by William George Aston
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Matsuo Basho - 1644-1694
[I come weary,]
I come weary,
In search of an inn—
Ah! These wisteria flowers!
—Translation by William George Aston
[‘Twas the new moon!]
‘Twas the new moon!
Since then I waited—
And lo! to-night!
[I have my reward!]
—Translation by William George Aston