Friday, May 1, 2015

Japanese haiku: "Spring Day" by Issa (Translator unknown)

SPRING DAY
by Issa
(Translated, from the Japanese, by an unknown translator)

The spring day closes,
Lingering
Where there is water.


Source: Cavalcade of Poems (1968), edited by George Bennett and Paul Molloy

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