A huge frog and I,
neither of us moves.Translated by Robert Hass
Kobayashi Issa
The wren
Noiselessly.
The man pulling radishes
with a radish.Translated by Robert Hass
Even on the smallest islands,
skylarks singing.Translated by Robert Hass
All the time I pray to Buddha
killing mosquitoes.Translated by Robert Hass
Look, don’t kill that fly!
By rubbing its hands and feet.
This moth saw brightness
burnt to a crisp.Translated by Robert Hass
Face of the spring moon–
I’d say.Translated by Robert Hass
His death poem:
a bath when you die,how stupid.Translated by Robert Hass
That wren–
You lose something?Translated by Robert Hass