An old pond. A frog jumps in. The sound of water.
古池や 蛙飛びこむ 水の音
How still it is! Sinking into the rocks, the voice of the cicadas.
閑さや 岩にしみ入る 蝉の声
Summer grasses: all that is left of the warriors' dreams.
夏草や 兵どもが 夢の跡
Gathering the rains of early summer, how fast it runs, the Mogami River!
五月雨を あつめて早し 最上川
A wild, rough sea, and stretching across to Sado Island, the River of Heaven.
荒海や 佐渡によこたふ 天河
Coming along the mountain path, somehow I feel a gentle love for a little violet.
山路来て 何やらゆかし すみれ草
The bright harvest moon. I walk around the pond all night long.
名月や 池をめぐりて 夜もすがら
On a bare branch a crow has come to rest. Evening in autumn.
枯枝に 烏のとまりけり 秋の暮
Autumn grows deep. The man next door, what kind of life does he live?
秋深き 隣は何を する人ぞ
Sick on a journey, my dreams go running over withered fields.
旅に病んで 夢は枯野を かけ廻る
