On winter rain.
草枕犬も時雨ゝかよるのこゑ
kusa makura
inu mo shiguru ka
yoru no koe |
Pillowed on the grass
Does that dog, too, dislike the rain
Whimpering in the night? |
(1684)
On winter rain.
行雲や犬の欠尿むらしぐれ
yuku kumo ya
inu no kakebari
murashigure |
From the drifting clouds above
As a dog marking his passage
Drips rain. |
(Ca. 1680)
Cold.
雁さはぐ鳥羽の田づらや寒の雨
kari sawagu
toba no tazura ya
kan no ame |
Geese noisily
Alight upon the rice fields at Toba
In the freezing rain. |
(1691)
'Simply moving and elegant'