大佛の鼻から出たる乙鳥哉
daibutsu no
hana kara detaru
tsubame kana |
From the Great Buddha’s
Nose flies
A swallow. |
On swallows.
盃に泥な落しそむら燕
sakazuki ni
doro na otoshi so
mura tsubame |
Within my winecup
Let no mud fall,
O, you flocking swallows. |
(1688)
'Simply moving and elegant'