Little sparrow, out of the way, out of the way! A great horse is coming through.
雀の子 そこのけそこのけ 御馬が通る
Skinny little frog, don't give up the fight! Issa is here for you.
痩蛙 まけるな一茶 是に有り
Come with me and play, little sparrow with no mother or father.
我と来て 遊べや親の ない雀
Look, don't hit it! The fly is rubbing its hands, rubbing its feet.
やれ打つな 蝿が手をすり 足をする
"Get me that moon, the bright one!" cries the little child.
名月を とってくれろと 泣く子かな
The snow has melted, and the whole village is full of children.
雪とけて 村一ぱいの 子どもかな
So this, at last, is my final home? Five feet of snow.
是がまあ つひの栖か 雪五尺
This world of dew is a world of dew, I know, and yet, and yet...
露の世は 露の世ながら さりながら
