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[A cloud of flowers!]

A cloud of flowers!
Is the bell Uyeno
Or Asakusa?

—Translation by William George Aston

This poem is in the public domain.

An ancient pond!
With a sound from the water
Of the frog as it plunges in.

—Translation by William George Aston

Matsuo Basho

I come weary,
In search of an inn—
Ah! These wisteria flowers!

—Translation by William George Aston

Matsuo Basho

‘Twas the new moon!
Since then I waited—
And lo! to-night!
[I have my reward!]

—Translation by William George Aston

Matsuo Basho