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Tabi ni yande yume wa kareno wo kakemeguru

On a journey, ill— and my dreams, on withered fields are wandering still.

Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694)

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Yado no haru nanimo naki koso nanimo are

My hut, in spring: true, there is nothing in it— there is Everything!

Yamaguchi Sodō (1642–1716)

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Kojiki kana Tenchi wo kitaru natsugoromo	There a beggar goes! Heaven and Earth he’s wearing for his summer clothes!
Neko ni kuwareshi wo semi no tsuma wa sudakuran	Eaten by the cat! Perhaps the cricket’s widow is bewailing that.
Meigetsu ya tatami no ue ni matsu no kage	Bright the full moon shines: here upon the matted floor, shadows of the pines.

Enomoto Kikaku (1661–1707)

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No mo yama mo yuki ni torareta nami mo nashi

Mountains and plains, all are taken by the snow— nothing remains.

Naitō Jōsō (1661–1704)
Translated by Harold G. Henderson