Ryota (1718-1787)
translated by Kenneth Rexroth
No one spoke:
The host, the guest,
The white chrysanthemums.
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Basho (1644-1694)
translated by R. H. Blyth
With what voice
and what song would you sing, spider,
in this autumn breeze?
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Nicholas A. Virgilio (1928-1989)
1.
A distant balloon
drifting over the county fair
eclipses the moon.
2.
The cathedral bell
is shaking a few snowflakes
from the morning air.
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