[‘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
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[The cry of the cicada]
The cry of the cicada
Gives us no sign
That presently it will die.
—Translation by William George Aston
1690
[Ah! the waving lespedeza,]
Ah! the waving lespedeza,
Which spills not a drop
Of the clear dew!
—Translation by William George Aston
1686
[I come weary,]
I come weary,
In search of an inn—
Ah! These wisteria flowers!
—Translation by William George Aston
1688