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! |
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? |
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