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跡もなきしづが家ゐの竹のかきいぬのこゑのみおくふかくして
ato mo naki
shizu ga iei no
take no kaki
inu no koe nomi
oku fukakushite | Not a trace remains
Of the peasants’ huts’
Bamboo fences,
Simply a dog barking
From deep within. |
His Former Majesty [Hanazono]
Created with Soan.
子をもつて近所の犬の名をおぼえ
ko o motte
kinjo no inu no
na o oboe |
Having a child
The neighbourhood dogs
Names he knows well! |
犬と蝶他人むきでもなかりけり
inu to chō
tanin muki de mo
nakarikeri |
A dog and a butterfly:
To look away
Neither will be first. |
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)
'Simply moving and elegant'
