tsuki izuko

On the moon: one night in mid autumn he lodged in Tsuruga, and when the rain was falling:

月いづこ鐘はしづみて海の底

tsuki izuko
kane wa shizumite
umi no soko
Whither bound, the moon?
Sunken, lies the bell,
At the bottom of the sea.

(15th day, Eighth Month, 1689)

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