Monday, October 19, 2015

Kobayashi Issa

Dew

The world of dew is, yes,
a world of dew,
but even so 



The world of dew
is the world of dew.
And yet, and yet--”





Dew evaporates…
(tr. Kenneth Yasuda)

On the death of his child
Dew evaporates
and all our world is dew…
so dear, so fresh, so fleeting




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