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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'Simply moving and elegant'