{"collection":"shi","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/shi/jh/jh02.htm","path":"shi/jh/jh02.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/shi/jh/jh02.htm","text":"Japanese Haiku, by Peter Beilenson, [1955]\n| IN THESE DARK WATERS DRAWN UP FROM MY FROZEN WELL ... GLITTERING OF SPRING | | \n| RINGAI | | \n| STANDING STILL AT DUSK LISTEN ... IN FAR DISTANCES THE SONG OF FROGLINGS! | | \n| BUSON | | \n| I DREAMED OF BATTLES AND WAS SLAIN... OH SAVAGE SAMURAI! INSATIABLE FLEAS! | | \n| KIKAKU | | \n| IN SILENT MID-NIGHT OUR OLD SCARECROW TOPPLES DOWN... WEIRD HOLLOW ECHO | | \n| BON CHO | | \n| WOMEN PLANTING RICE... UGLY EVERY BIT ABOUT THEM... BUT THEIR ANCIENT SONG | | \n| RAIZAN | | \n| WILD GEESE WRITE A LINE FLAP-FLAPPING ACROSS THE SKY ... COMICAL DUTCH SCRIPT | | \n| SOIN | | \n| DEAD MY OLD FINE HOPES AND DRY MY DREAMING BUT STILL... IRIS, BLUE EACH SPRING | | \n| SHUSHIRI | | \n| IN THIS WINDY NEST OPEN YOUR HUNGRY MOUTH IN VAIN... ISSA, STEPCHILD BIRD | | \n| ISSA | | \n| BALLET IN THE AIR ... TWIN BUTTERFLIES UNTIL, TWICE WHITE THEY MEET, THEY MATE | | \n| BASHO | | \n| ON THE DEATH OF HIS CHILD DEW EVAPORATES AND ALL OUR WORLD IS DEW ... SO DEAR, SO FRESH, SO FLEETING | | \n| ISSA | | \n| BLACK CLOUDBANK BROKEN SCATTERS IN THE NIGHT ... NOW SEE MOON-LIGHTED MOUNTAINS! | | \n| BASHO | | \n| SEEK ON HIGH BARE TRAILS SKY-REFLECTING VIOLETS... MOUNTAIN-TOP JEWELS | | \n| BASHO | | \n| FOR A LOVELY BOWL LET US ARRANGE THESE FLOWERS... SINCE THERE IS NO RICE | | \n| BASHO | | \n| NOW THAT EYES OF HAWKS IN DUSKY NIGHT ARE DARKENED... CHIRPING OF THE QUAILS | | \n| BASHO | | \n| MY TWO PLUM TREES ARE SO GRACIOUS ... SEE, THEY FLOWER ONE NOW, ONE LATER | | \n| BUSON | | \n| ONE FALLEN FLOWER RETURNING TO THE BRANCH? ... OH NO! A WHITE BUTTERFLY | | \n| MORITAKE | | \n| CLOUDBANK CURLING LOW? AH! THE MOUNTAIN YOSHINO ... CHERRY CUMULUS! | | \n| RYOTA | | \n| FIE! THIS FICKLE WORLD! THREE DAYS, NEGLECTED CHERRY-BRANCH ... AND YOU ARE BARE | | \n| RYOTA | | \n| HANGING THE LANTERN ON THAT FULL WHITE BLOOMING BOUGH... EXQUISITE YOUR CARE! | | \n| SHIKI | | \n| APRIL'S AIR STIRS IN WILLOW-LEAVES ... A BUTTERFLY FLOATS AND BALANCES | | \n| BASHO | | \n| IN THE SEA-SURF EDGE MINGLING WITH BRIGHT SMALL SHELLS .. BUSH-CLOVER PETALS | | \n| BASHO | | \n| THE RIVER GATHERING MAY RAINS FROM COLD STREAMLETS FOR THE SEA ... MURMURING MOGAMI | | \n| BASHO | | \n| A GATE MADE ALL OF TWIGS WITH WOVEN GRASS FOR HINGES ... FOR A LOCK ... THIS SNAIL | | \n| ISSA | | \n| WIND-BLOWN, RAINED ON ... BENT BARLEY-GRASS YOU MAKE ME NARROW PATH INDEED | | \n| JOSO | | \n| ARISE FROM SLEEP, OLD CAT, AND WITH GREAT YAWNS AND STRETCHINGS ... AMBLE OUT FOR LOVE | | \n| ISSA | | \n| WHITE CLOUD OF MIST ABOVE WHITE CHERRY-BLOSSOMS ... DAWN-SHINING MOUNTAINS | | \n| BASHO | | \n| HI! MY LITTLE HUT IS NEWLY-THATCHED I SEE... BLUE MORNING-GLORIES | | \n| ISSA | | \n| IN THE CITY FIELDS CONTEMPLATING CHERRY-TREES ... STRANGERS ARE LIKE FRIENDS | | \n| ISSA | | \n| SEE, SEE, SEE! OH SEE! OH WHAT TO SAY? AH YOSHINO ... MOUNTAIN-ALL-ABLOOM! | | \n| TEISHITSU | | \n| GREEN SHADOW-DANCES ... SEE OUR YOUNG BANANA-TREE PATTERING THE SCREEN | | \n| SHIKI | | \n| DON'T TOUCH MY PLUMTREE! SAID MY FRIEND AND SAYING SO ... BROKE THE BRANCH FOR ME | | \n| TAIGI | | \n| TWILIGHT WHIPPOORWILL ... WHISTLE ON, SWEET DEEPENER OF DARK LONELINESS | | \n| BASHO | | \n| RECITING SCRIPTURES... STRANGE THE WONDROUS BLUE I FIND IN MORNING-GLORIES | | \n| KYOROKU | | \n| MANY SOLEMN NIGHTS BLOND MOON, WE STAND AND MARVEL... SLEEPING OUR NOONS AWAY | | \n| TEITOKU | | \n| MOUNTAIN-ROSE PETALS FALLING, FALLING, FALLING NOW ... WATERFALL MUSIC | | \n| BASHO | | \n| AMOROUS CAT, ALAS YOU TOO MUST YOWL WITH YOUR LOVE... OR EVEN WORSE, WITHOUT! | | \n| YAHA | |","title":"Japanese Haiku: Part 1","type":"page"}