Yosa Buson (1716-1783)


furuike no / kawazu oiyuku / ochiba kana

The old pond,
the aging frog.
Leaves fall.

Buson bows to Basho.


yukaze ya / mizu aosagi no / hagi o utsu

Evening breeze ....
Water laps
a blue heron's shins.

mishi koi no / chigo neriide yo / dokuyo

That altar boy --
how I wish
he would come out again.

musasabi no / kotori hamiiru / kareno kana

In a crow-ravaged field
sits a squirrel,
chewing.