Haiku - Masahide & Issa

The barn’s burnt down
But now I can see
The moon above.

- Masahide (1657-1723)

ISSA'S COMPOSITIONS

"Yare utsuna hae ga te o suru ashi o suru."

Look, don't kill that fly!
It is making a prayer to you by
FOLDING its hands and feet.-


"Harukaze ya,
ushi ni hikarete,
zenkooji."

A spring-time breeze
And the tug of my cow led me to
Zenkoji
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"Waga hoshi wa
doko ni tabine ya
ama-no-gawa."

Quietness
At the bottom of the lake,
The crest of the clouds