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