Monkeys 猿
ゆふづくひさすや嵐の山もとに物わびしらにさるさけぶなり
| yūzuku hi sasu ya arashi no yamamoto ni monowabishira ni saru sakebunari | The twilight sun Shines around Arashi Mountain’s foot where So sorrowfully The monkeys howl. |
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hatsu shigure
On the first rains of winter.
初しぐれ猿も小蓑をほしげ也
| hatsu shigure saru mo komino o hoshige nari |
In the first chill rains of winter The monkeys, too, for a raincoat Long. |
(1689)
saru o kiku
On the autumn wind.
猿を聞人捨子に秋の風いかに
| saru o kiku hito sutego ni aki no kaze ika ni |
Listening the heartbreak of a monkey’s howl, Or an abandoned child’s weeping on the autumn Wind-which is worse? |
(1684)