Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Poems from Kobayashi Issa

 New Year's morning - 
everything is in blossom!
I feel about average.

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For you fleas too
the nights must be long,
they must be lonely.

Don't kill that fly!
Look - it's wringing its hands,
wringing its feet.

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In this world
we walk on the roof of hell,
gazing at flowers.

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