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translated from the Japanese by William George Aston
The cry of the cicada
Gives us no sign
That presently it will die.
From A History of Japanese Literature (William Heinemann, 1899) by W. G. Aston. This poem is in the public domain.
translated from the Japanese by William George Aston
’Twas the new moon!
Since then I waited—
And lo! to-night!
[I have my reward!]
translated from the Japanese by William George Aston
Ah! the waving lespedeza,
Which spills not a drop
Of the clear dew!
translated from the Japanese by William George Aston
I come weary,
In search of an inn—
Ah! These wisteria flowers!