[A cloud of flowers!]

- 1644-1694

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

[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