These First Flowers: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bashō

These First Flowers: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bashō

Late in the first century of Japan's long Edo period, Matsuo Bashō "remade the haiku form, transforming it into one of the great lyric forms in human culture, and himself into one of the world's great lyric poets," as Robert Hass argues in his introduction to Essential Haiku. Born Matsuo Kinsaku (松尾 金作) in 1644 near Ueno, and known too as Matsuo Chūemon Munefusa (松尾 忠右衛門 宗房), it was under the haigō or literary name Bashō (芭蕉)—literally "banana tree," after the fine gift planted outside the rustic hut his students had fashioned him—that the poet would win both contemporary and lasting acclaim.

In preparing this volume, I am particularly indebted to the scholarship of Gabi Greve, Gabor Terebess, and Jane Reichold. The dating and numbering of poems follows, with rare exception, that of Reichold.

I dedicate these translations to my family—to Gillian, to Alice, to Millie.

Here, then, that we might draw fresh water from the old well (古井の清水 furui no shimizu), I offer the haiku of Matsuo Bashō.

Kendall Shields

Halifax, June 2025 

[1]

春や来し　年や行けん　小晦日

haru ya koshi

toshi ya yukiken 

kotsugomori

spring came

and the year went

with two days to go

(1663)

[2]

月ぞしるべ　こなたへ入らせ　旅の宿

tsuki zo shirube

konata e irase

tabi no yado

the moon a sign

at the traveller's inn:

enter here

(1663)

[3]

姥桜　咲くや老後の　思ひ出

uba-zakura

saku ya rōgo no

omoiide

old woman cherry

blooms with the old

remembrances

(1664)

[4]

京は 九万　九千くんじゅの　花見哉

Kyō wa kuman

kusen kunju no

hanami kana

in Kyōto

ninety-nine thousand

for flower-viewing

(1666)

[5]

年は人に　とらせていつも　若夷

toshi wa hito ni

tora se te itsumo

waka Ebisu

young Ebisu

makes people seem older

every year

(1666)

[6]

降る音や　耳も酸なる　梅の雨

furu oto ya

mimi mo sū-naru

ume no ame

a falling sound

sours my ear—

plum rain

(1666)

[7]

杜若　似たりや似たり　水の影

kakitsubata

nitari ya nitari

mizu no kage

rabbit-ear iris

looks like—looks like—

shadow on water

(1666)

[8]

花は賤の　目にも見えけり　鬼薊

hana wa shizu no

me ni mo miekeri

oni azami

a flower even

lowly eyes can see—

the demon thistle

(1666)

[9]

五月雨に　御物遠や　月の顔

samidare ni

on mono dō ya

tsuki no kao

in fifth-month rain

the face of the moon

is a worthy thing

(1666)

[10]

夕顔に　見とるるや身も　うなりひょん

yūgao ni

mitoruru ya mi mo

ukari hyon

one floats past 

the moonflowers

strangely

(1666)

[11]

岩躑躅　染むる淚や　ほととぎ朱

iwa tsutsuji

somuru namida ya

hototogishu

rock azalea

stained red by tears—

the cuckoo

(1666)

[12]

しばし間も　待つやほととぎ　す千年

shibashi ma mo

matsu ya hototogi

su sen sen

how long should we 

wait for the cuckoo?

a thousand years

(1666)

[13]

秋風の　鍵戸の口や　とがり声

aki kaze no

yarido no kuchi ya

togari-goe

autumn wind

at the doorway

speaks sharply

(1666)

[14]

七夕の　逢はぬ心や　雨中天

Tanabata no

awanu kokoro ya 

uchūten

at Tanabata

when hearts can't meet—

rain in heaven

(1666)

[15]

たんだすめ　住めば都ぞ　今日の月

tanda sume

sume ba miyako zo

kyo no tsuki

to be clear

I live in the capital

for tonight's moon

(1666)

[16]

影は天の　下照媛か　月の顔

kage wa ame no 

Shita Teru Hime ka

tsuki no kao

the heavenly shadow

of Shita-Teru-Hime

the face of the moon

(1666)

[17]

荻の声　こや秋風の　口うつし

ogi no koe 

koya akikaze no

kuchi utsushi

the voice of reeds,

the autumn wind from 

another mouth

(1666)

[18]

寝たる萩や　容顔無礼　花の顔

ne taru hagi ya

yōgan burei

hana no kao

the flower's face

asleep in bush clover

looks good

(1666)

[19]

月の鏡　小春に見るや　目正月

tsuki no kagami

koharu ni miru ya

me shōgatsu

the mirror of the moon

seen in late autumn—

New Year's for the eye

(1666)

[20]

霜枯れに　咲くは辛気の　花野哉

shimo gare ni

saku wa shinki no

hana no kana

the melancholy

of frost-withered field-flowers

that yet bloom

(1666)

[21]

時雨をや　もどかしがりて　松の雪

shigure o ya 

modokashi gari te

matsu no yuki

in autumn drizzle

pines await the snow

impatiently

(1666)

[22]

萎れ伏すや　世はさかさまの　雪の竹

shiore fusu ya

yo wa sakasama no

yuki no take

brought low—

the upside-down world

of snow on bamboo

(1666)

[23]

霰まじる　帷子雪は　小紋かな

arare majiru

katabira yuki wa

komon kana

hailstones mingle

on a light robe

in a fine pattern

(1667)

[24]

花の顔に　晴れうてしてや　朧月

hana no kao ni 

hareute shite ya

oboro-zuki

shy before

a flower's face—

the shrouded moon

(1667)

[25]

盛りなる　梅にす手引く　風もがな

sakari naru

ume ni sude hiku

kaze mogana

in full bloom

the plum untouched

by the wind's hand

(1667)

[26]

あち東風や　面々さばき　柳髪

achi kochi ya

men men sabaki

yanagi gami

east wind

untangles

the willow's hair

(1667)

[27]

花にあかぬ　嘆きやこち歌袋

hana ni akanu

nageki ya kochi no

utabukuro

the sorrow of flowers

closed up as tight as 

my bag of poems

(1667)

[28]

餅雪を　白糸となす　柳哉

mochi yuki o

shira ito to nasu

yanagi kana

snow like mochi

twisted into white threads

upon the willow

(1667)

[29]

春の風に　吹き出し笑ふ　花もがな

haru no kaze ni 

fukidashi warau

hana mogana

spring winds blow

in hope the flowers

will burst out laughing

(1668)

[30]

夏近し　その口たばえ　花の風

natsu chikashi

sono kuchi tabae

hana no kaze

summer is near

cover the wind's mouth

spare the flowers

(1668)

[31]

うかれける　人や初瀬の　山桜

ukare keru

hito ya Hatsuse no

yama-zakura

merrymaking

at Hatsuse: the people,

the mountain cherry

(1668)

[32]

糸桜　こや帰るさの　足もつれ

ito-zakura

koya kaeru sa no

ashi motsure

back to the cabin

through threaded cherry,

my feet in a snarl

(1668)

[33]

風吹けば　尾細うなるや　犬桜

kaze fuke ba

obosō naru ya

inu-zakura

as the wind blows

the dog cherry

dwindles

(1668) 

[34]

波の花と　雪もや水の　返り花

nami no hana to

yuki mo ya mizu no

kaeribana

blossoms on the waves—

this snow the water's

second flowering

(1668)

[35]

桂男　すまずなりけり　雨の月

katsura otoko

suma zu nari keri

ame no tsuki

no beautiful man

lives here now—

the moon in rain

(1669)

[36]

うち山や　外様しらずの　花盛り

Uchiyama ya

tozama shira zu no

hana zakari

at Uchiyama

no outsiders are known

to the blooming flowers

(1670)

[37]

春立つと　わらはも知るや　飾り縄

haru tatsu to

warawa mo shiru ya

kazari nawa

even a child knows

to decorate the straw rope

as spring begins

(1671)

[38]

きてもみよ　甚兵が羽織　花衣

kite mo miyo

jinbe ga haori

hana goromo

come, look

at the blossoms

in your flowered robe

(1671)

[39]

五月雨も　瀬踏み尋ねぬ　見馴河

samidare mo

sebumi tazune nu

Minare-gawa

fifth-month rain

sounding the depths of

the nameless river

(1670)

[40]

夏木立　履くや深山の　腰ふさげ

natsu kodachi

haku ya miyama no

koshi fusage

this summer grove

a sword that hangs from

the mountain's hip

(1672)

[41]

美しき　その姫瓜や　后ざね

utsukushiki

sono hime uri ya

kisaki zane

how beautiful

the princess-melon,

its seed an empress

(1671)

[42]

女夫鹿や　毛に毛が揃うて　毛むつかし

meoto jika ya

ke ni ke ga soroute

ke mutsukashi

husband-and-wife deer:

their fur is the same fur

yet their fur is different

(1671)

[43]

花にいやよ　世間口より　風の口

hana ni iya yo

seken guchi yori

kaze no kuchi

I don't like flowers—

talkative people's mouths,

mouths of wind

(year unknown)

[44]

植うる事　子のごとくせよ　児桜

ūru koto 

ko no gotoku seyo

chigo-zakura

planting it,

handle it as if a child—

young cherry

(year unknown)

[45]

たかうなや　雫もよよの　篠の露

takauna ya

shizuku mo yoyo no

sasa no tsuyu

night after night

these sprouts dripping 

bamboo dew

(year unknown)

[46]

目の星や　花を願ひの　糸桜

me no hoshi ya 

hana o negai no

ito-zakura

with stars in my eyes

I wish for flowers

on the weeping cherry

(year unknown)

[47]

命こそ　芋種よまた　今日の月

inochi koso

imo dane yo mata

kyō no tsuki

there is life 

in these seed potatoes—

tonight's moon

(1672)

[49]

人ごとの　口にあるなり　したもみじ

hito goto no

kuchi ni aru-nari

shita momiji

autumn leaves

in the mouths

of everyone

(year unknown)

[50]

見るに我も　折れるばかりぞ　女郎花

miru ni ga mo

oreru bakari zo

ominaeshi

watching it,

I almost yield 

to golden lace

(year unknown)

[51]

けふの今宵 　寝る時もなき 　月見哉

kyō no koyoi 

neru toki mo naki

tsukimi kana

today's tonight

is no time for sleep—

moon-viewing

(year unknown)

[52]

見る影や　まだ方なりも　宵月夜

miru kage ya

mada katanari mo

yoi zukiyo

see its phantom:

the not-yet-grown

evening moon

(year unknown)

[53]

雲とへだつ　友かや雁の生きわかれ

kumo to hedatsu

tomo ka ya kari no

ikiwakare

divided by cloud,

the wild goose lives apart

from its friend

(1672)

[54]

町医師や　屋敷がたより　駒迎へ

machi ishi ya

yashiki gata yori

koma mukae

the town doctor

greeted by a horse

from a great house

(1675)

[55]

武蔵野や　一寸ほどな　鹿の声

Musashino ya

issun hodo na

shika no koe

at Musashino

the deer's voice

is about an inch

(1675)

[56]

針立や　肩に鎚打つ　から衣

hari tate ya

kata ni tsuchi utsu

kara koromo

the acupuncturist

hammers into a shoulder

that is robeless

(1675)

[57]

盃の　下ゆく菊や　朽木盆

sakazuki no

shita yuku kiku ya

Kutsuki bon

beneath the cup,

a chrysanthemum—

the Kutsuki tray

(1675)

[58]

なりにけり　なりにけりまで　年の暮

nari ni keri

nari ni keri made

toshi no kure

things just happen,

things just happen until

the end of the year

(1676)

[59]

この梅に　牛も初音と　鳴きつべし

kono ume ni

ushi mo hatsune to

naki tsu beshi

before the plum

a cow offers

her first note

(1676)

[60]

我も神の　ひさうや仰ぐ　梅の花

ware mo kami no

hisō ya aogu

ume no hana

I too seek god

in the blue sky,

plum flower

(1676)

[61]

雲を根に　富士は杉形の　茂りかな

kumo o ne ni

Fuji wa suginari no

shigeri kana

Fuji a cedar

rooted in cloud

and grown thick

(1676)

[62]

富士の山　蚤が茶臼の　覆いかな

Fuji no yama 

nomi ga cha usu no

ooi kana

Mount Fuji—

a flea on the cover

of the tea mill

(1676)

[63]

命なり　わづかの笠の　下涼

inochi nari

wazuka no kasa no

shita suzumi

more life—

the coolness

beneath my hat

(1676)

[64]

夏の月　御油より出て　赤坂や

natsu no tsuki

Goyu yori idete

Akasaka ya

the summer moon

leaving Goyu

for Akasaka

(1676)

[65]

富士の風や　扇にのせて　江戸土産 

Fuji no kaze ya 

ōgi ni nosete 

Edo miyage

Fuji's wind

on my fan,

a gift from Edo

(1676)

[66]

百里来たり　ほどは雲井の　下涼み

hyaku ri kitari

hodo wa kumoi no

shita suzumi

hundreds of miles

beneath the coolness

of clouds

(1676)

[67]

詠むるや　江戸には稀な　山の月

nagamuru ya

Edo ni wa marena

yama no tsuki

the mountain moon

is rarely seen in Edo—

let's write poems

(1676)

[68]

天秤や　京江戸かけて　千代の春

tenbin ya

Kyō Edo kakete

chiyo no haru

Kyoto and Edo

balance on their scales

a thousand springs

(1676)

[69]

門松や　おもへば一夜　三十年

kadomatsu ya

omoe ba ichiya 

sanjū-nen

pine at the gate—

I'll think on it overnight

for thirty years

(1677)

[70]

発句なり　松尾桃青　宿の春

hokku nari

Matsuo Tōsei

yado no haru

this is a poem

of Matsuo Tōsei

at home in spring

(1677)

[71]

大比叡や　しの字を引いて　一霞

Ō-Hie ya

shi no ji hii te

hito kasumi

great Mount Hie—

the mark shi

drawn in mist

(1677)

[72]

猫の妻　竃の崩れより　通ひけり

neko no tsuma

hetsui no kazure yori

kayoi keri

a lady cat 

comes and goes

through the crumbling stove

(1677)

[73]

龍宮も　今日の潮路や　土用干

Ryūgū mo

kyō no shioji ya

doyō-boshi

the Dragon Palace

could air its laundry today

on the tideway path

(1677)

[74]

待たぬのに　菜売りに来たか　時鳥

mata nu noni

na uri ni kita ka

hototogisu

they've come to sell greens

without waiting

for the cuckoo

(1677)

[75]

明日は粽　難波の枯葉　夢なれや

asu wa chimaki

Naniwa no kareha

yume nare ya

tomorrow, these chimaki 

from Naniwa will wither 

into a dream

(1677)

[76]

五月雨や　龍燈あぐる　番太郎

samidare ya

ryūtō aguru

Bantarō

fifth-month rain—

the dragon lamp held

by a watchman

(1677)

[77]

近江蚊帳　汗やさざ波　夜の床

Ōmi-gaya

ase ya saza nami

yoru no toko

an Ōmi mosquito net,

gentle waves of sweat—

my bed at night

(1677)

[78]

梢より　あだに落ちけり　蟬の殻

kozue yori

adani ochi keri

semi no kara

from the treetop

the cicada shell

fell empty

(1677)

[79]

唐黍や　軒端の荻の　取りちがへ

tōkibi ya

nokiba no ogi no

tori chigae

millet, not reeds,

beneath the eaves—

I've made a mistake

(1677)

[80]

秋来にけり　耳を訪ねて　枕の風

aki ki ni keri

mimi o tazune te

makura no kaze

autumn has come—

the wind visits my ear

at the pillow

(1677)

[81]

今宵の月　磨ぎ出せ人見　出雲守

koyoi no tsuki

togi dase hitomi

izu no kami

tonight's moon—

Hitomi Izunokami

should polish it

(1677)

[82]

木を切りて　本口見るや　今日の月

ki o kirite

motokuchi miru ya

kyō no tsuki

behold the cut end

of the felled tree—

tonight's moon

(1677)

[83]

枝もろし　緋唐紙破る　秋の風

eda moroshi

hi tōshi yaburu

aki no kaze

brittle twigs

tear scarlet paper

in autumn wind

(1677)

[84]

色付かや　豆腐に落ちて　薄紅葉

irozuku ya

tōfu ni ochite

usu momiji

an autumn leaf

falls on tofu,

staining it

(1677)

[85]

まづ知るや　宜竹が竹に　花の雪

mazu shiru ya

Gichiku ga take ni

hana no yuki

first, know this:

Gichiku's bamboo brings

a snow of flowers

(1677)

[86]

行く雲や　犬の駈け尿　村時雨

yuku kumo ya

inu no kake bari

mura shigure

passing clouds—

a running dog pissing

scattered showers

(1677)

[87]

人時雨　礫や降って　小石川

hito shigure

tsubute ya futte

Koishikawa

a winter shower

as pebbles fall

into Koishikawa

(1677)

[88]

霜を着て　風を敷き寝の　捨子哉

shimo o kite

kaze o shikine no 

sutego kana

wrapped in frost

and a blanket of wind

an abandoned child

(1677)

[89]

富士の雪　盧生が夢を　築かせたり

Fuji no yuki

Rosei ga yume o

tsukase tari

snow on Fuji

as Rosei built 

in a dream

(1677)

[90]

白炭や　かの浦島が　老の箱

shiro zumi ya

kano Urashima ga 

oi no hako

in the Urashima tale,

a box of white charcoal

makes you old

(1677)

[91]

忘れる草　菜飯に摘まん　年の暮

wasure-gusa

nameshi ni tsuman

toshi no kure

a pinch of daylily

on rice with greens 

at year's end

(1678)

[92]

庭訓の往来　誰が文庫より　今朝の春

Teikin no ōrai 

ta ga bunko yori 

kesa no haru

the Teikin Ōrai

in a stationary box

this spring morning

(1678)

[93]

あら何ともなや　昨日は過ぎて　河豚汁

ara nantomo na ya

kinō wa sugite

fukuto-jiru

yesterday

I had fugu soup—

nothing happened

(1678)

[94]

甲比丹もつ  くばはせけり   君が春

kapitan mo

tsukunawase keri

kimi ga haru

the captain, too,

kneels before

the lord of spring

(1678)

[95]

内裏雛　人形天皇の　御宇とかや

dairi bina

ningyō tennō no

gyo u to ka ya

royal dolls

in the emperor's figure—

long may he reign

(1678)

[96]

初花に　命七十　五年ほど

hatsu hana ni

inochi shichi jū

go nen hodo

these first flowers

give me seventy-five years

more life

(1678)

[97]

あやめ生　軒の鰯の　さらかうべ

ayame oi keri

noki no iwashi no

sarekōbe

under the eaves

an iris in a sardine's

weathered skull

(1678)

[98]

水向けて　跡訪ひたまへ　道明寺

mizu muke te

ato toi tamae

dōmyōji

offer water

and coarse rice powder

at the grave

(1678)

[99]

水学も　乗物貸さん　天の川

Suigaku mo

norimono kasan

Ama-no-gawa

maybe Suigaku

could lend us a boat?

the river of heaven

(1678)

[100]

秋来ぬと　妻恋ふ星や　鹿の革

aki ki nu to

tsuma kou hoshi ya

shika no kawa

a wife is loved

on deerskin beneath the stars—

autumn comes

(1678)

[101]

さぞな星　ひじき物には　鹿の革

sazo na hoshi

hijikimono ni wa

shika no kawa

the stars themselves

are spread out upon

this deerskin

(1678)

[102]

雨の日や　世間の秋を　堺町

ame no hi

seken no aki o

sakai-chō

a rainy day

in the autumn world

of Sakai-chō

(1678)

[103]

実にや月　間口千金の　通り町

geni ya tsuki

maguchi sen kin no

tōri chō

the moon truly

as high as land prices

in Tōri-Chō

(1678)

[104]

塩にしても　いざ言伝てん　都島

shio ni shi te mo

iza kotozute n

miyako-dori

though pickled in salt

this imperial gull

will still send word

(1678)

[105]

石枯れて　水しぼめるや　冬もなし

ishi kare te

mizu shibome ru ya

fuyu mo nashi

the stones dry,

the waters withered—

nothing but winter

(1678)

[106]

待つ花や　藤三郎が　吉野山 

matsu hana ya

Tōzaburō ga 

Yoshinoyama

awaiting flowers

or Tōzaburō's flute

on Mount Yoshino

(1678)

[107]

阿蘭陀も　花に来にける　馬に鞍

Oranda mo

hana ni ki ni keri

uma ni kura

the Dutchmen, too,

have come for the flowers

saddled ahorse

(1679)

[108]

草履の尻　折りて帰らん　山桜

zōri no shiri 

ori te kaeran

yama-zakura

mountain cherry

folds beneath these sandals

that head home

(1679)

[109]

蒼海の　波酒臭し　今日の月

sōkai no

nami sake kusashi

kyō no tsuki

waves of blue sea,

the scent of sake—

tonight's moon

(1679)

[110]

盃や　山路の菊と　寔を干す

sakazuki ya

yamaji no kiku to

kore o hosu

this sake cup 

with mountain-path chrysanthemums—

I'll leave it dry

(1679)

[111]

見渡せば　詠むれば見れば　須磨の秋

miwatase ba

nagamure ba mire ba

Suma no aki

looking out,

staring and seeing

autumn in Suma

(1679)

[112]

今朝の雪　根深を園の　枝折哉

kesa no yuki

nebuka o sono no

shiori kana

in morning snow

onions become

the garden gate

(1679)

[113]

霜を踏んで　ちんば引くまで　送りけり

shimo o fun de

chinba hiku made

okuri keri

I send my foot

across the frost

and pull up lame

(1679)

[114]

於春々　大哉春　と云々

ah haru haru

ōinaru kana haru

to un nun

ah, spring! spring!

how great the spring!

and so on

(1680)

[115]

花にやどり　瓢箪斎と　自らいへり

hana ni yadori

Hyōtansai to

mizukara ieri

sheltered by blossoms, 

I'll rename myself

after a gourd

(1680)

[116]

五月の雨　岩檜葉の緑　いつまでぞ

satsuki no ame 

iwahiba no midori

itsumade zo

fifth-month rain—

how long can it last, 

this spikemoss green? 

(1680)

[117]

蜘何と　音をなにと鳴く　秋の風

kumo nani to

ne o nani to naku

aki no kaze

with what voice

does the spider cry?

autumn wind

[118]

柴の戸に　茶を木の葉掻く　嵐哉

shiba no to ni

cha o konoha kaku

arashi kana

after the storm,

tea leaves raked against 

the brushwood gate

(1680)

[119]

消炭に　薪割る音か　をのの奥

keshi-zumi ni

maki waru oto ka

Ono no oku

soft charcoal,

the sound of split wood—

the depths of Ono

(1680)

[120]

かれ朶に　鳥のたまりけり　秋の暮

kareeda ni

karasu no tomari keri

aki no kure

on a withered branch

a crow has settled—

autumn dusk

(1680)

[121]

愚案ずるに　冥途もかくや　秋の暮

gu anzuru ni

meido mo kaku ya

aki no kure

foolishly,

I think hell is like this—

autumn dusk

(1680)

[122]

櫓の声波ヲ打つて　腸凍ル　夜や涙

ro no koe nami o utte

harawata kōru

yo ya namida

an oar against the waves

chills me through when I hear it—

weeping in the night

(1680)

[123]

小野炭や　手習ふ人の　灰ぜせり

Ono-zumi ya

tenarau hito no

hai zeseri

charcoal from Ono—

a student of the brush

scribbles in ash

(1680)

[124]

悲しまんや　墨子芹焼を　見ても猶

kanashiman ya

Bokushi seri yaki o

mi te mo nao

does Bokushi 

grieve too at the sight

of cooked parsley?

(1680)

[125]

餅花や　かざしに挿せる　嫁が君

mochi-bana ya

kazashi ni sase ru

yome ga kimi

mochi flowers

hung as ornaments

for Lady Mouse

(1681)

[126]

餅を夢に　折り結ぶ歯朶の　草枕

mochi o yume ni

ori musubu shida no

kusa makura

mochis dream

with folded ferns

for grass pillows

(1681)

[127]

武蔵野の　月の若生えや　松島種

Musashino no

tsuki no waka bae ya

Matsushima

the moon at Musashino 

grown from a seed

of Matsushima

(1681)

[128]

二日酔ひ　ものかは花の　あるあひだ

futsuka ei

monokawa hana no

aru aida

a hangover

is not worth speaking of

when there are flowers

(1681)

[129]

ばせを植ゑて　まづ憎む荻の　二葉哉

bashō uete

mazu nikumu ogi no

futaba kana

I have planted banana

and for the first time 

hate sprouting reeds

(1681)

[130]

芭蕉野分して　盥に雨を　きく夜かな

bashō nowaki shite

tarai ni ame o 

kiku yo kana

through the banana tree,

I hear tonight's storm—

rain in the washbasin

(1681)

[131]

盛りじゃ花に　坐浮法師　ぬめり妻

sakari ja hana ni

sozoro ukibōshi

numeri zuma

as flowers thrive,

a merry priest floats 

among fickle wives

(1681)

[132]

山吹の露　菜の花の　かこち顔なるや

yamabuki no tsuyu

na no hana no

kakochi gao naru ya

dew on yellow roses

turns charlock flower faces 

to envy

(year unknown)

[133]

花に酔へり　羽織着て刀　さす女

hana ni ee ri

haori ki te katana

sasu onna

drunk on flowers,

a woman with katana

and formal coat

(year unknown)

[134]

郭公　招くか麦の　むら尾花

hototogisu

maneku ka mugi no

mura obana

were you summoned,

cuckoo, by the barley?

the silvergrass?

(1681)

[135]

よるべをいつ　一葉に虫の　旅寝して

yorube o itsu

hito ha ni mushi no

tabi ne shite

a wayfaring bug 

rests on a single leaf

and depends on it

(1681)

[136]

五月雨に　鶴の足　短くなれり

samidare ni

tsuru no ashi

mijikaku nareri

in fifth-month rain

the crane's legs

have grown short

(1681)

[137]

愚にくらく　棘をつかむ　蛍哉

gu ni kuraku

ibara o tsukamu

hotaru kana

folly in darkness,

grasping a thorn

for a firefly

(1681)

[138]

闇夜　狐下這ふ　玉真桑

yami no yo sugoku

kitsune shita bau

tama makuwa

a fox creeps low

for a fine melon

this weird dark night

(1681)

[139]

花木槿　裸童の　かざし哉

hana mukuge

hadaka warawa no

kazashi kana

a naked child,

hibiscus flowers

in their hair

(1681)

[140]

摘みきんや　茶を凩の　秋とも知らで

tsumi ken ya

cha o kogarashi no

aki to mo shira de

picking tea—

don't they know about

autumn's withering wind?

(1681)

[141]

夜ル竊ニ　虫は月下の　栗を穿ツ

yoru hisokani

mushi wa gekka no

kuri o ugatsu

hushed night—

a worm beneath the moon

pierces chestnuts

(1681)

[142]

張抜きの　猫も知るなり　今朝の秋

harinuki no

neko mo shiru nari

kesa no aki

a papier-mâché cat—

even it knows well

the autumn morning

(1681)

[143]

いづく時雨　傘を手に提げて　帰る僧

izuku shigure

kasa o te ni sagete

kaeru sō

winter shower?

a homecoming monk,

umbrella in hand

(1681)

[144]

雪の朝　独リ干鮭を　噛み得タリ

yuki no ashita

hitori kara zake o

kami e tari

in morning snow,

alone with dried salmon

to chew on

(1681)

[145]

松なれや　霧えいさらえいと　引くほどに

matsu nare ya

kiri ei sara ei to

hiku hodo ni

a pine tree

pulled from the mist

with a heave-ho

(year uknown)

[146]

藻にすだく　白魚やとらば　消えぬべき

mo ni sudaku

shirauo ya tora ba

kie nu beki

try to catch whitebait 

gathered in duckweed—

they'll vanish, probably

(1681)

[147]

暮れ暮れて　保ちを木魂の　侘寝哉

kure kure te

mochi o kodama no

wabi ne kana

in the end, in the end, 

the sound of mochi echoes

through lonely sleep

(1682)

[148]

梅柳　さぞ若衆かな　女かな

ume yanagi

sazo wakashu kana

onna kana

plum and willow—

a young boy,

a woman

(1682)

[149]

袖よごすらん　田螺の海士の　隙を無み

sode yogosu ran

tanishi no ama no

hima o na mi

sleeves dirtied

fishing for pond snails—

never a dull moment

(1682)

[150]

夕顔の白ク　夜ルの後架に　紙燭とりて

芭蕉　

yūgao no shiroku

yoru no kōka ni

shisoku torite

white moonflowers—

on my way to the outhouse,

candle in hand

(1682)

[151]

艶ナル奴　今様花に　弄斎す

en naru yakko

imayō hana ni

rōsai su

an alluring servant

sings Rōsai songs to flowers

in the modern style

(1682)

[152]

古池や　蛙飛びこむ　水の音

furuike ya

kawazu tobikomu

mizu no oto

old pond

a frog leaps

the sound of water

(1682)

[153]

雪のフグ　左勝　水無月の鯉 

yuki no fuku

hidari kachi

minazuki no koi

"fugu in snow,"

but the left-side wins

with "koi in June"

(1682)

[154]

朝顔に　我は　飯食　男哉

asagao ni

ware wa meshi kū

otoko kana

I am a man

who eats his rice 

with the morning glories

(1682)

[155]

三ケ月や　朝顔の夕べ　蕾むらん

mikazuki ya 

asagao no yūbe

tsubomu ran

this crescent moon

a morning glory bud

of the evening

(1682)

[156]

侘びてすめ　 月詫斎が　奈良茶歌

wabi te sume

tsuki wabisai ga

Nara cha uta

an æsthetic life

of moon-gazing

and Nara tea songs

(1682)

[157]

髭風ヲ吹いて　暮秋嘆ズルハ　誰ガ子ゾ

hige kaze o fuite

boshū tanzuru wa

ta ga ko zo

who is this

who sighs in autumn twilight,

his beard windswept

(1682)

[158]

世にふるも　更に宗祇の　宿り哉 

yo ni furo mo

sara ni Sōgi no

yadori kana

to live in this world

is to shelter from rain

as Sōgi teaches

(1682)

[159]

貧山の　釜霜に鳴く　声寒し

hinzan no 

kama shimo ni naku

koe samushi

poor mountain temple—

frost on the iron kettle,

a cold voice

(1682)

[160]

夜着は重し　呉天に雪を　見るあらん

yogi wa omoshi

go ten ni yuki o

miru aran

in heavy bedclothes

I'll soon see snow fall

from Wu-kingdom skies

(year unknown)

[161]

元日や　思へばさびし　秋の暮

ganjitsu ya

omoeba sabishi

aki no kure

on New Year's day

consider lonely

autumn twilight

(1683)

[162]

鶯を　魂に眠るか　嬌柳

uguisu o

tama ni nemuru ka

tao yanagi

the bush warbler

the sleeping soul

of the willow

(1683)

[163]

花にうき世　我が酒白く　飯黒し

hana ni ukiyo

waga sake shiroku

meshi kuroshi

a fleeting world of flowers—

my sake is white,

my rice is black

(1683)

[164]

起きよ起きよ　我が友にせん　寝るこ蝶

okiyo okiyo

waga tomo ni se n 

nuru ko chō

wake up, wake up!

I will be your friend,

sleeping butterfly!

(year unknown)

[165]

蝶よ蝶よ　唐土の　俳諧問はん

chō yo chō yo

morokoshi no

haikai towan

butterfly, butterfly:

let me ask you about

Chinese poetry

(year unknown)

[166]

時鳥　正月は梅の　花咲けり

hototogisu

matsuki wa ume no

hana sake ri

the cuckoo

the flowering plum

of New Year

(1683)

[167]

清く聞かん　耳に香焼いて　郭公

kiyoku kikan

mimi ni kō taite

hototogisu

pure sounds:

incense burnt at the ear,

the cuckoo

(1683)

[168]

椹や　花なき蝶の　世捨酒

kuwanomi ya

hana naki chō no

yosute-zake

mulberries

a flowerless butterfly

a hermit's wine

(1683)

[169]

青ざしや　草餅の穂に　出つらん

aozashi ya 

kusa mochi no ho ni

ide tsu ran

green sweets,

herb-mochi with ears

coming out

(1683)

[170]

馬ぼくぼく　われを絵に見る　夏野哉

uma bokuboku

ware o e ni miru

natsu no kana

as my horse ambles

I see I am in a painting

of a summer field

(1683)

[171]

時鳥　鰹を染めに　けりけらし

hototogisu

katsuo o some ni

keri kerashi

a cuckoo

stained this bonito

I suppose

(1683)

[172]

戸の口に　宿札名乗れ　ほととぎす

to no kuchi ni

yado fuda nanore

hototogisu

hang your card

at the inn's front door,

cuckoo

(1683)

[173]

ひれ振りて　めじかも寄るや　男鹿島

hire furi te

mejika mo yoru ya

Oga no shima

a waved scarf

draws the doe near—

isle of Oga

(1683)

[174]

笑ふべし泣くべし　わが朝顔の　凋む時

warau beshi naku beshi

waga asagao no

shibomu toki

shall I laugh or cry

when my morning glory 

begins to whither

(1683)

[175]

雪の中は　昼顔枯れぬ　日影哉

yuki no naka wa

hirugao kare nu

hikage kana

neither in snow

does the bindweed whither

nor in the sunlight

(1683)

[176]

昼顔に　米搗き涼む　あはれなり　

hirugao ni

kome tsuki suzumu

aware nari

near the noon-flowers 

a rice-huller cools off 

and I am moved

(1683)

[177]

手向けけり　芋は蓮に似たるとて

tamuke keri

imo wa hachisu ni

ni taru tote

an offering

of yam flowers

that look like lotus

(1683)

[178]

白芥子や　時雨の花の　咲きつらん

shira-geshi ya

shigure no hana no

saki tsu ran

white poppies—

the flowers of winter rain

now blossom

(1683)

[179]

ほととぎす　今は俳諧師　なき世哉

hototogisu

ima wa haikaishi

naki yo kana

ah cuckoo,

there are no poets

in this world now

(1683)

[180]

白菊よ白菊よ　恥長髪よ　長髪よ

shira-giku yo shira-giku yo

hiji naga kami yo

naga kami yo

white chrysanthemum,

white chrysanthemum: your long hair,

your long hair is shameful

(1683)

[181]

月十四日　今宵三十九の　童部

tsuki jū yokka

koyoi san jū ku no

warabe

fourteenth-day moon—

tonight I am a child

of thirty-nine years

(1683)

[182]

山は猫　ねぶりて行くや　雪の隙

yama wa neko 

neburi te iku ya

yuki no hima

the mountain cat

licks away at the snow

in the crevices

(1683)

[183]

黒森を　なにといふとも　今朝の雪

kuromori o

nani to iu tomo

kesa no yuki

the black forest,

or whatever you'd call it,

in morning snow

(1683)

[184]

我がためか　鶴食み残す　芹の飯 

waga tame ka

tsuru hami nokusu 

seri no meshi

a crane has left

some rice and parsley

just for me

(1683)

[185]

霰聞くや　この身はもとの　古柏

arare kiku ya

kono mi wa moto no

furu gashiwa

at the sound of hail

I am, as before,

an old oak

(1683)

[186]

氷苦く　偃鼠が咽を　うるほせり

kōri nigaku

enso ga nodo o

uruoseri

bitter ice

moistens 

a rat's throat

(1683)

[187]

春立つや　新年ふるき　米五升

haru tatsu ya

shin nen furuki

kome go shō

spring rises—

five shō of old rice

for the new year

(1684)

[188]

海苔汁の　手際見せけり　浅黄椀

nori jiru no

tegiwa mise keri

asagi wan

seaweed soup

served skillfully

in a yellow bowl

(1684)

[189]

南無ほとけ　草の台も　涼しけれ

namo hotoke

kusa no utena mo

suzushisa kare

praise to the Buddha

on a pedestal of grass

and coolness

(1684)

[190]

忘れずば　佐夜の中山　にて涼め

wasure zu ba

Sayo no Nakayama

nite suzume

don't forget

that at Sayo no Nakayama

it gets cooler

(1684)

[191]

野ざらしを　心に風の　しむ身哉

nozarashi o

kokoro ni kaze no

shimu mi kana

the wind pierces

my weather-beaten body

to the heart

(1684)

[192]

秋十年　却って江戸を　指す故郷

aki totose

kaette Edo o

sasu kokyō

ten autumns

and now Edo

is my home

(1684)

[193]

霧時雨　富士を見ぬ日ぞ　面白き

kiri shigure

Fuji o minu hi zo

omoshiroki

Fuji unseen today

through fog and winter drizzle

but that's fun too

(1684)

[194]

雲霧の　暫時百景を　尽くしけり

kumo kiri no

zanji hyakkei o

tsukushi keri

in a cloud of fog

a hundred brief scenes

exhaust themselves

(1684)

[195]

宮守よ　わが名を散らせ　木葉川

miyamori yo

waga na o chirase

konoha-gawa

shrine-keeper,

sweep my name into

the river of fallen leaves

(1684)

[196]

猿を聞く人　捨子に秋の　風いかに

saru o kiku hito

sutego ni aki no

kaze ikani

they hear the monkey's cry,

but what of this child left

to the autumn wind?

(1684)

[197]

道の辺の　木槿は馬に　食はれけり

michi no be no

mukuge wa uma ni

kuware keri

a horse 

eats hibiscus

along the way

(1684)

[198]

馬に寝て　残夢月遠し　茶の煙

uma ni ne te

zanmu tsuki tōshi

cha no kemuri

asleep on my horse,

half-dreaming the distant moon

is smoke from a tea fire

(1684)

[199]

晦日月なし　千歳の杉を　抱く嵐

misoka tsuki nashi

chitose no sugi o

daku arashi

no moon at month's end—

a thousand-year-old cedar

embraced by the storm

(1684)

[200]

芋洗う女　西行ならば　歌よまん

imo arau onna

Saigyō nara ba

uta yoman

a woman washes yams—

if Saigyō were here,

he'd write a poem

(1684)

[201]

蘭の香や　蝶の翅に　薫物す

ran no ka ya

chō no tsubasa ni

takimono su

the scent of orchids

on butterfly wings

like incense

Bashō (1684)

[202]

蔦植ゑて　竹四五本の　嵐哉

tsuta ue te

take shi go hon no

arashi kana

ivy planted  

near four or five bamboo—

the storm

(1684)

[203]

手に取らば消えん　涙ぞ熱き　秋の霜

te ni toraba kien

namida zo atsuki

aki no shimo

if taken in hand,

it would vanish in hot tears—

autumn frost

(1684)

[204]

綿弓や　琵琶になぐさむ　竹の奥

watayumi ya

biwa ni nagusamu

take no oku

the cotton willower

consoles as though a biwa

from within the bamboo

(1684)

[205]

僧朝　顔幾死に返る　法の松

sō asagao

iku shini kaeru

nori no matsu

priests, morning glories—

how many die and return?

the law of the pines

(1684)

[206]

露とくとく　試みに浮世　すすがばや

tsuyu toku toku

kokoromi ni ukiyo

susugabaya

with trickling dew

I would rinse the soot 

from this floating world

(year unknown) 

[207]

冬知らぬ　宿や籾摺　音霰

fuyu shira nu

yado ya momi suru

oto arare

winter unknown

in the rice-hulling house—

the sound of hail

(1684)

[208]

砧打ちて　我に聞かせよ　坊が妻

芭蕉

kinuta uchite

ware ni kikaseyo

bō ga tsuma

pound the fulling block—

make me hear it,

temple wife

(1684)

[209]

御廟年経て　忍は何を　忍草

go byō toshi he te

shinobu wa nani o

shinobu-gusa

the tomb grows old—

and what do you remember,

weeping ferns?

(1684)

[210]

義朝の　心に似たり　秋の風

Yoshitomo no

kokoro ni nitari

aki no kaze

Yoshitomo's heart

resembled, then became,

the autumn wind

(1684)

[211]

苔埋む　蔦のうつつの　念仏哉

koke uzumu

tsuta no utsutsu no

nebutsu kana

the moss-buried

ivy mumbles

its prayer to Buddha

(1684)

[212]

秋風や　藪も畠も　不破の関

aki kaze ya

yabu mo hatake mo

Fuwa no seki

autumn wind—

thickets, fields,

the Fuwa barrier

(1684)

[213]

死にもせぬ　旅寝の果てよ　秋の暮

shini mo senu

tabine no hate yo

aki no kure

not dead yet,  

I sleep far from home—

autumn twilight

(1684)

[214]

木の葉散る　桜は軽し　檜木笠

ko no ha chiru

sakura wa karoshi

hinoki-gasa

leaves scatter, 

lightly, from the cherry

to my cypress hat

(1685)

[215]

いかめしき　音や霰の　檜木笠

ikameshiki

oto ya arare no

hinoki-gasa

the harsh sound

of hailstones upon

my cypress hat

(1684)

[216]

冬牡丹　千鳥よ雪の　ほととぎす

fuyu botan

chidori yo yuki no

hototogisu

winter peony

and plover, cuckoo

and snow

(1684)

[217]

遊び来ぬ　鰒釣りかねて　七里まで

asobi kinu

fuku tsuri kane te

shichi ri made

they come for sport,

and to fish for fugu

seven miles away

(1684)

[218]

馬をさへ　眺むるの雪　朝哉

uma o sae

nagamuru yuki no

ashita kana

there's even a horse

to see on this snowy 

morning

(1684)

[219]

この海に　草鞋捨てん　笠時雨

kono umi ni

waranji sute n

kasa shigure

into the sea

I'll throw my sandals—

winter rain on my hat

(1684)

[220]

琵琶行の　夜や三味線の　音あられ

biwakō no

yo ya samisen no

oto arare

the song of the biwa

on samisen tonight—

the sound of hail

(1684)

[221]

忍さへ　枯て餅かふ　宿り哉

shinobu sae

kare te mochi kau

yadori kana

the ferns wither

as I buy mochi

at the inn

(1684)

[222]

市人よ　この笠売らう　雪の傘　

ichi bito yo

kono kasa urō

yuki no kasa

market people!

I will sell you my hat,

an umbrella of snow!

(1684)

[223]

明けぼのや　白魚しろき　こと一寸

akebono ya

shira uo shiroki

koto issun

at dawn 

an icefish, an inch

of white

(1684)

[224]

雪と雪　今宵師走の　名月か

yuki to yuki

koyoi shiwasu no

meigetsu ka

snow on snow

this December night—

and the bright moon?

(1684)

[225]

月花の　是やまことの　あるじ達

tsuki hana no

kore ya makoto no

aruji tachi

the moon, these flowers—

these are reality,

these the masters

(1684)

[226]

狂句木枯の　身は竹斎に　似たる哉

kyōku kogarashi no

mi wa Chikusai ni

nitaru kana

with a funny poem

in this withering wind,

I've become Chikusai

(1684)

[227]

子の日しに　都へ行かん　友もがな

nenohi shi ni

miyako e ika n

tomo mo gana

I'd go to the capital

for the Day of the Rat

if a friend came too

(1685)

[228]

誰が聟ぞ　歯朶に餅負ふ　うしの年

taga muko zo

shida ni mochi ou

ushi no toshi

whose son-in-law

carries mochi upon ferns

in the Year of the Ox?

(1685)

[229]

笠もなき　われを時雨るるか　こは何と

kasa mo naki

ware o shigururu ka

ko wa nanto

not even a hat

as winter showers fall

but what can you do

(1685)

[230]

年暮れぬ　笠着て草鞋　はきながら

toshi kurenu

kasa ki te waraji

haki nagara

at year's end

I don my hat

and straw sandals

(1685)

[231]

草枕　犬も時雨るるか　夜の声

kusa makura

inu mo shigururu ka

yore no koe

a grass pillow,

and a dog in winter rain—

a night of voices

(1685)

[232]

海暮て　鴨の声　ほなかに白し

umi kure te 

kamo no koe

honoka ni shiroshi

in ocean twilight

the duck's voice

is faintly white

(1685)

[233]

旅烏　古巣は梅に　なりにけり

tabi-garasu

furu su wa ume ni

narini keri

the wandering crow's

old nest has become

a plum tree

(1685)

[234]

思ひ立つ　木曽や四月の　桜狩り

omoi tatsu

Kiso ya shigatsu no

sakura-gari

the plan

for April in Kiso

is cherry-viewing

(1685)

[235]

春なれや　名もなし山の　薄霞

haru nare ya

na mo naki yama no

usu-gasumi

spring comes—

a nameless mountain,

a thin haze

(1685)

[236]

水取りや　氷の僧の　沓の音

mizu tori ya

kōri no sō no

kutsu no oto

fetching water,

the monk's shoes

loud on the ice

(1685)

[237]

初春まづ　酒に梅売る　匂ひかな

shoshun mazu

sake ni ume uru

nioi kana

in earliest spring

they sell sake and plum—

the fragrance

(1685)

[238]

世に匂へ　梅花一枝の　みそさざい

yo ni nioe

baika isshi no

misosazai

the world in fragrance—

a single bough of plum flower,

a winter wren

(1685)

[239]

梅白し　昨日や鶴を　盗まれし

ume shiroshi

kinō ya tsuru o

nusuma re shi

white plum—

yesterday the cranes

were taken

(1685)

[240]

樫の木の　花にかまはぬ　姿かな

kashi no ki no

hana ni kamawanu

sugata kana

the oak tree stands 

as though flowers

are no big deal

(1685)

[241]

わが衣に　伏見の桃の　雫せよ

waga kinu ni

Fushimi no momo no

shizuku seyo

onto my clothes

the peaches of Fushimi 

drip 

(1685)

[242]

山路来て　何やらゆかし　菫草

yamaji ki te

nana yara yukashi

sumiregusa

something charming

along the mountain path:

wild vioets

(1685)

[243]

辛崎の　松は花　より朧にて

Karasaki no

matsu wa hana yori

oboro nite

the Karasaki pine

hazier than 

the blossoms

(1685)

[244]

躑躅生けて　その陰に　干鱈割く女

tsutsuji ike

sono kage ni

hidara saku onna

in the shadow 

of arranged azaleas 

a woman cuts dried cod

(1685)

[245]

菜畠に　花見顔なる　雀哉

na-batake ni

hanami-gao naru

suzume kana

in charlock fields

with faces for flower-viewing— 

the sparrows 

(1685)

[246]

命二つの　中に生きたる　桜哉

inochi futatsu no

naka ni ikitaru

sakura kana

our two lives,

and between them the life

of the cherry blossom

(1685)

[247]

蝶の飛ぶ　ばかり野中の　日影哉

chō no tobu

bakari nonaka no

hikage kana

a butterfly

alone in a field

of sun and shadow

(1685)

[248]

杜若　はれに発句の　思ひあり

kakitsubata

ware ni hokku no

omoi ari

this rabbit-ear iris

gives me an idea

for a poem

(1685)

[249]

船足も　休む時あり　浜の桃

funa ashi mo

yasumu toki ari

hama no momo

a boat, too,

takes a little break

on the peach-blossom shore

(1685)

[250]

いざともに　穂麦喰はん　草枕

iza tomo ni

ho mugi kurawan

kusa makura

now that we're together, 

let's eat ears of barley

on pillows of grass

(1685)

[251]

山賤の　おとがひ閉づる　葎かな 

yamagatsu no

otogai tozuru 

mugura kana

the woodcutter

keeps his mouth closed

among the tall weeds

(1685)

[252]

梅恋ひて　卯の花拝む　涙哉

ume koite

u no hana ogamu

namida kana

yearning for plum,

I bow before bush clover

in tears

(1685)

[253]

白芥子に　羽もぐ蝶の　形見哉

shira-geshi ni

hane mogu chō no

katami kana

a white poppy

a torn butterfly wing

a remembrance

(1685)

[254]

牡丹蕊深く　分け出ずる蜂の　名残り哉

botan shibe fukaku

wake izuru hachi no

nagori kana

out crawls the bee

from deep among peony pistils—

the sorrow of parting

(1685)

[255]

行く駒の　麦に慰む　宿り哉

yuku koma no

mugi ni nagusamu

yadori kana

a passing horse

finds solace in barley

and a night's lodging

(1685)

[256]

夏衣　いまだ虱を　取りつくさず

natsu-goromo

imada shirami o

tori tsukusa zu

my summer clothes

still have lice that

I haven't caught

(1685)

[257]

鳥刺も　竿や捨てけん　ほととぎす

toriashi mo

sao ya sute ken

hototogisu

even the birdcatcher

sets down his pole

for the cuckoo

(1685)

[258]

団扇もて　あふがん人の　うしろむき

uchiwa mote

aogan hito no

ushiri muki

with a round fan

I would cool him

back to front

(year unknown)

[259]

盃に　みつの名を飲む　今宵かな

sakazuki ni

mitsu no na o nomu

koyoi kana

this sake cup

drinks to three names

tonight

(1685)

[260]

雲おりおり　人をやすめる　月見かな

kumo ori ori

hito o yasumeru

tsukimi kana

the clouds, now and then,

give the moon-viewers

a little break

(1685)

[261]

目出度き人の　数にも入らん　老の暮

medetaki hito no

kazu ni mo ira n

oi no kure

perhaps I too will 

number among the happy—

an old man at year's end

(1686)

[262]

幾霜に　心ばせをの　松飾り

iku shimo ni

kokoro base o no

matsu kazari

how many frosts

has it known in its heart?

the pine at the gate

(1686)

[263]

古畑や　なづな摘みゆく　男ども

furu hata ya

nazuna tsumi yuku

otoko domo

an old field—

the men go off picking

shepherd's purse

(1686)

[264]

よく見れば　薺花咲　垣根かな

yoku mire ba

nazuna hana saku

kakine kana

if you look closely,

shepherd's purse is flowering

beneath the hedge

(1686)

[265]

真福田が　袴よそふか　つくづくし

Mafukuda ga

hakama yosou ka

tsukuzushi

a horsetail rush,

like Mafukuda dressed 

in hakama

(1686)

[266]

煩へば　餅をも喰はず　桃の花

wazurae ba

mochi o mo kuwa zu

momo no hana

I am ill

and eat no mochi

despite the plum blossoms

(1686)

[268]

花咲きて　七日鶴見る　麓哉

hana saki te

nanuka tsuru miru

fumoto kana

flowers bloom—

all week I watch the crane

in the foothills

(1686)

[269]

古巣ただ　あはれなるべき　隣かな

furusu tada

aware naru beki

tonari kana

the old nest

will be lonely without

my neighbour

(1686)

[270]

地に倒れ　根に寄り花の　別れかな

chi ni taore

ne ni yori hana no

wakare kana

fallen to the ground,

gathered at the roots,

the flowers leave us

(1686)

[271]

東西　あはれさひとつ　秋の風

higashi nishi

awaresa hitotsu

aki no kaze

east and west,

the same sorrow—

autumn wind

(1686)

[272]

名月や　池をめぐりて　夜もすがら

meigetsu ya

ike o megurite

yomosugara

the bright moon—

I walk about the pond

all night

(1686)

[273]

座頭かと　人に見られて　月見哉

zatō ka to

hito ni mirarete

tsukimi kana

I look like

a blind man

moon-viewing

(1686)

[274]

明けゆくや　二十七夜も　三日の月

ake yuku ya

nijūshichiya mo

mika no tsuki

as dawn comes,

even this twenty-seventh-night

moon seems new 

(1686)

[275]

ものひたつ　我が世は軽き　瓢哉

mono hitotsu

waga yo wa karoki

hisago kana

just one thing—

my life is light

as a gourd

(1686)

[276]

花みな枯れて　あはれをこぼす　草の種

hana mina karete

aware o kobosu

kusa no tane

all flowers wither

and spill their sad seeds

on the grass

(1686)

[277]

水寒く　寝入りかねたる　鷗かな

mizu samuku

neiri kane taru

kamome kana

in cold water

unable to sleep

a seagull

(1686)

[278]

初雪や　幸ひ庵に　まかりある

hatsu yuki ya

saiwai an ni

makariaru

first snow—

in my own hut,

luckily

(1686)

[279]

初雪や　水仙の葉の　たはむまで

hatsuyuki ya

suisen no ha no

tawamu made

this first snow

is just enough to bend

daffodil leaves

(1686)

[280]

君火を焚け　よきもの見せん　雪まるげ 

kimi hi o take

yokimono misen

yukimaruge

build a fire, friend,

and have a look at this

great big snowball

(1686)

[281]

月雪と　のさばりけらし　年の暮

tsuki yuki to

nosabari kerashi

toshi no kure

moon, snow—

I do as I please

at year's end

(1686)

[282]

瓶割るる　夜の氷の　寝覚め哉 

kame waruru

yoru no kōri no

nezame kana

a jar cracks

in the frozen night—

I lie awake

(1686)

[283]

月白き　師走は子路が　寝覚め哉

tsuki shiroki

shiwasu wa Shiro ga

nezame kana

the white moon

of December—

Shiro awakens

(1686)

[284]

酒飲めば　いとど寝られね　夜の雪

sake nomeba

itodo nerarene

yoru no yuki

drinking sake

but still can't sleep—

snow tonight

(1686)

[285]

年の市　線香買いに　出でばやな

toshi no ichi

senkō kai ni

ide baya na

year-end market—

I think I'll go buy

some incense

(1687)

[286]

誰やらが　かたちに似たり　今朝の春

tare yara ga

katachi ni ni tari 

kesa no haru

who else

might I resemble

this spring morning

(1687)

[287]

里の子よ　梅折り残せ　牛の鞭

sato no ko yo

ume orinokose

ushi no muchi

hey, village kids,

don't break all the plum

for ox whips

(1687)

[288]

鸛の巣も　見らるる花の　葉越し哉

kō no su mo

mi raruru hana no

hagoshi kana

even a stork's nest

seen amid flowers

through the leaves

(1687)

[289]

鸛の巣に　嵐の外の　桜哉

kō no su ni

arashi no hoka no

sakura kana

outside

the stork's nest,

a storm of cherry

(1687)

[290]

笠寺や　漏らぬ岩屋も　春の雨 

Kasa-dera ya

mora nu iwaya mo

haru no ame

the wicker-hat temple—

a cave that does not leak

in spring rain

(1687)

[291]

留守に来て　梅さへよその　垣穂かな

rusu ni kite

ume sae yoso no 

kakiho kana

I arrived in your absence—

even the plums were in

someone else's hedge

(1687)

[292]

香を探る　梅に蔵見る　軒端哉

ka o saguru

ume ni kura miru

noki be kana

seek the scent 

of plum beneath

storehouse eaves

(1687)

[293]

牡蠣よりは　海苔をば老の　売りもせで

kaki yori wa

nori o ba oi no

uri mo se de

rather than oysters,

this old man might do well

to sell nori

(1687)

[294]

忘るなよ　藪の中なる　梅の花

wasuruna yo 

yabu no naka naru

ume no hana

please don't forget:

in the grove there are

plum blossoms

(1687)

[295]

花に遊ぶ　虻な喰ひそ　友雀

hana ni asobu

abu na kurai so

tomo suzume

spare the horsefly

that plays in flowers,

friend sparrow

(1687)

[296]

花の雲　鐘は上野か　浅草か

hana no kumo

kane wa Ueno ka

Asakusa ka

a cloud of flowers—

is it the bell of Ueno?

or of Asakusa?

(1687)

[297]

物好きや　匂はぬ草に　とまる蝶

monozuki ya

niowa nu kusa ni

tomaru chō

a butterfly lands

on the scentless grass

curiously

(1687)

[298]

さざれ蟹　足這ひのぼる　清水哉

sazaregani

ashi hainoboru

shimizu kana

a little crab

creeps up my leg

through clear water

(1687)

[299]

ほととぎす　鳴く鳴く飛ぶぞ　忙はし

hototogisu

naku naku tobu zo

isogawashi

the cuckoo

sings, and sings, and flies—

there's so much to do

(1687)

[300]

鰹売り　いかなる人を　酔はすらん

katsuo uri

ikanaru hito o

yowa su ran

the bonito monger—

what sort of people

does he charm?

(1687)

[301]

酔うて寝ん　撫子咲ける　石の上

youte nen

nadeshiko sakeru

ishi no ue

lying down drunk—

pink blossoms

upon the stone

(1687)

[302]

卯の花も　母なき宿ぞ　冷じきじき

u no hana mo

haha naki yado zo

susamajiki

even the small flowers

at this motherless house

are disheartening

(1687)

[303]

稲妻を　手にとる闇の　紙燭哉

inazuma o

te ni toru yami no

shisoku kana

a flash of lightning—

in darkness, I take in hand

a paper candle

(1687)

[304]

永き日も　囀り足らぬ　ひばり哉

nagaki hi mo

saezuri taranu 

hibari kana

the skylark sings

through the long day

but it's not enough

(1687)

[305]

原中や　ものにもつかず　無く雲雀

haranaka ya

mono ni mo tsukazu

naku hibari

in the field

but unattached

the skylark sings

(1687)

[306]

五月雨に　鳰の浮巣を　見にゆかん

samidare ni

nio no uki su 

mi ni yuka n

in fifth-month rain,

the grebe's floating nest

is what I'd like to see

(1687)

[307]

いでや我　よき布着たり　蝉衣

ide ya ware

yoki nuno ki tari

semi-goromo

now I'll put on 

my good clothes,

the cicada robe

(1687)

[308]

瓜作る　君があれなと　夕涼み

uri tsukuru

kimi ga are na to

yūsuzumi

you who raised melons—

I wish you were here,

in the cool of evening

(1687)

[309]

瓜の花　雫いかなる　忘れ草

uri no hana

shizuku ikanaru

wasure-gusa

melon flowers

drip here and there

upon daylily

(1687)

[310]

五月雨や　桶の輪切るる　夜の声

samidare ya

oke no wa kiruru

yoru no koe

in fifth-month rain,

a bucket hoop splits—

a voice in the night

(1687)

[311]

髪生えて　容顔青し　五月雨

kami haete

yōgan aoshi

satsuki ame

my hair grown

and my face pale

in fifth-month rain

(1687)

[312]

朝顔は　下手の書くさへ　あはれなり

asagao wa

heta no kaku sae

aware nari

morning glory

even poorly drawn

is sorrowful

(1687)

[313]

刈りかけし　田面の鶴や　里の秋

kari kakeshi

tazura no tsuru ya

sato no aki

half-harvested

fields, a crane—

autumn village

(1687)

[314]

賤の子や　稲摺りかけて　月を見る

shizu no ko ya

ine suri kakete

tsuki o miru

a peasant child

leaves off hulling rice

to watch the moon

(1687)

[315]

芋の葉や　月待つ里の　焼畑

imo no ha ya

tsuki matsu sato no

yaki-batake

taro leaves

in a burnt village field

await the moon

(1687)

[316]

寺に寝て　まこと顔なる　月見哉

tera ni nete

makoto-gao naru

tsukimi kana

resting at a temple

I turn towards moon-viewing

in all sincerity

(1687)

[317]

月はやし　梢は雨を　持ちながら

tsuki hayashi

kozue wa ame o

mochi nagara

a fleet moon 

above those trees

that cling to rain

(1687)

[318]

萩原や　一夜は宿せ　山の犬

hagi hara ya

hito yo wa yadose

yama no inu

a clover field—

one night's lodging

for the mountain dog

(1687)

[319]

旅寝して　我が句を知れや　秋の風

tabine shite

waga ku o shire ya

aki no kaze

sleep far from home

to know well my verse—

autumn wind

(1687)

[320]

この松の　実生えせし代や　神の秋

kono matsu no

mibae seshi yo ya

kami no aki

this pine

grown from a seed

into a god of autumn

(1687)

[321]

起きあがる　菊ほのかなり　水のあと

okiagaru

kiku honokanarai

mizu no ato

chrysanthemums

rise, but faintly—

a trace of water

(1687)

[322]

痩せながら　わりなき菊の　つぼみ哉

yase nagara

warinaki kiku no

tsubomi kana

though grown thin,

the chrysanthemum

blossoms still

(1687)

[323]

声澄みて　北斗にひびく　砧哉

koe sumite

hokuto ni hibiku

kinuta kana

the clear voice 

of the fulling block echoes

to the northern stars

(1687)

[324]

何ごとも　招き果てたる　薄哉

nanigoto mo

maneki hatetaru

susuki kana

everything

that calls to us will end—

silvergrass

(1687)

[325]

蓑虫の　音を聞きに来よ　草の庵

minomushi no

ne o kiki ni koyo

kusa no io

come hear the sound

of the bagworm moth

in my thatched hut

(1687)

[326]

世の中は　稲刈るか　草の庵

yono naka wa

ine karu koro ka

kusa no io

is it harvest time

in the world outside

my thatched hut?

(1687)

[327]

旅人と　我が名呼ばれん　初時雨

tabibito to

waga na yobaren

hatsu shigure

traveller

is my name now—

winter rain

(1687)

[328]

一尾根は　しぐるる雲か　富士の雪

hito one wa

shigururu kumo ka

Fuji no yuki

a ridge clouded

in winter showers— 

Fuji in snow

(1687)

[329]

京もでは　まだ半空や　雪の雲

Kyō made wa

mada naka-zora ya

yuki no kumo

halfway to Kyōto,

in the middle of the sky—

snow clouds

(1687)

[330]

星崎の　闇を見よとや　啼く千鳥

Hoshizaki no

yami o miyo to ya

naku chidori

the plovers say,

behold the darkness

of Hoshizaki

(1687)

[331]

ごを焚いて　手拭あぶる　寒さ哉

go o taite

tenugui aburu

samusa kana

I burn pine needles

to dry my hand towel

in bitter cold

(1687)

[332]

冬の日や　馬上に氷る　影法師

fuyu no hi ya

bashō ni kōru

kagebōshi

winter sun—

frozen on horseback,

a shadow priest

(1687)

[333]

寒けれど　二人寝る夜ぞ　頼もしき

samukeredo

futari nuru yo zo

tanomoshiki

the night is cold,

but two who sleep together

are comfortable

(1687)

[334]

雪や砂　むまより落ちよ　酒の酔

yuki ya suna

muma yori ochiyo

sake no yoi

in snow or sand,

fall from your horse,

drunk on sake

(1687)

[335]

いらご崎　似るものもなし　鷹の声

Iragozaki

niru mono mo nashi

taka no koe

Iragozaki—

nothing is anything

like a hawk's voice

(1687)

[336]

夢よりも　現の鷹ぞ　頼もしき

yume yori mo

utsutsu no taka zo

tanomoshiki

a hawk in the flesh

is even more heartening

than one in a dream

(1687)

[337]

鷹ひとつ　見付てうれし　いらご崎

taka hitotsu

mitsuke te ureshi

Iragozaki

a single hawk

finds me happy

at Iragozaki

(1687)

[338]

さればこそ　荒れたきままの　霜の宿

sareba koso

are taki mama no

shimo no yado

it's every bit

as rough as you'd think—

frost on the houses

(1687)

[339]

梅椿　早咲き褒めん　保美の里

ume tsubaki

haya-zaki home n

hobi no sato

plum, camellia—

I praise their early bloom

in Hobi village

(1687)

[340]

麦生えて　よき隠れ家や　畠村

mugi haete

yoki kakurega ya

Hatake Mura

the barley grows

well hidden

in Hatake

(1687)

[341]

まづ祝へ　梅を心の　冬籠もり

mazu iwae 

ume o kokoro no

fuyu-gomori

I'll celebrate,

with plum blossoms at heart, 

despite the cage of winter

(1687)

[342]

薬飲む　さらでも霜の　枕かな

kusuri nomu

saredemo shimo no

makura kana

I'll take my medicine

though it does nothing 

for the frost on my pillow

(1687)

[343]

箱根越す　人もあるらし　けさの雪

Hakone kosu

hito mo aru rashi

kesa no yuki

at Hakone Pass,

the morning snow crossing

like people

(1687)

[344]

面白し　雪にやならん　冬の雨

omoshiroshi

yuki ni ya naran

fuyu no ame

it's interesting

when snow turns up

in winter rain

(1687)

[345]

磨ぎなほす　鏡も清し　雪の花

togi naosu

kagami mo kiyoshi

yuki no hana

polished again,

the mirror clean and pure

as snow flowers

(1687)

[346]

矯めつけて　雪見にまかる　紙子哉

tametsuke te

yuki mi ni makaru

kamiko kana

smoothing out

my paper robe

for snow-viewing

(1687)

[347]

いざさらば　雪見にころぶ　處まで

iza saraba

yukimi ni korobu

tokoro made

well then, I guess 

we're snow-viewing 

until we fall over

(1687)

[348]

いざ行かん　雪見にころぶ　處まで

iza yukan

yukimi ni korobu

tokoro made

come on, let's go—

we're snow-viewing 

until we fall over

(1687)

[349]

露凍てて　筆に汲み干す　清水哉

tsuyu itete

fude ni kumihosu

shimizu kana

frozen dew—

a dry brush draws

clear water

(1687)

[350]

歩行ならば　杖突坂を　落馬哉

kachi nara ba

Tsuetsuki-zaka o

rukuba kana

if only I'd walked

Tsuetsuki-zaka—

fallen from a horse

(1687)

[351]

旅寝よし　宿は師走の　夕月夜

tabine yoshi

yado wa shiwasu no

yūzukiyo

a fine sleep 

in a December inn

on a moonlit night

(1687)

[352]

旅寝して　見しや浮世の　煤払ひ

tabine shite

mi shi ya ukiyo no

susu harai

I rest far from home

and watch this floating world

sweep clean its soot

(1687)

[353]

旧里や　臍の緖に泣く　年の暮

furu sato ya

heso no o ni naku

toshi no kure

in the town of my birth

I weep over my navel string

at year's end

(1687)

[354]

二日にも　ぬかりはせじな　花の春

futsuka ni mo

nukari wa seji na

hana no haru

on this second day,

I'll try not to slip up—

spring flowers

(1688)

[355]

四方に打つ　薺もしどろ　もどろ哉

yomo ni utsu

nazuna mo shidoro

modoro kana

chopped from all sides,

the shepherd's purse 

is mixed up

(1688)

[356]

春立ちて　まだ九日の　野山哉

haru tachi te

mada kokonoka no

noyama kana

spring has risen

just nine days ago in these 

fields and mountains

(1688)

[357]

あこくその　心も知らず　梅の花

Akokuso no

kokoro mo shira zu

ume no hana

Akokuso's heart

would be unknowable 

but for plum blossoms

(1688)

[358]

香に匂へ　うに掘る岡の　梅の花

ka ni nioe

uni horu oka no

ume no hana

the fragrance

on this coal-mining hill

is plum blossom

(1688)

[359]

手鼻かむ　音さへ梅の　盛り哉

tebana kamu

oto sae ume no

sakari kana

the sound of a nose

blown into a hand amid 

blossoming plum

(1688)

[360]

御子良子の　一本ゆかし　梅の花

okorago no

hitomoto yukashi 

ume no hana

the shrine maiden

a single elegant

plum blossom

(1688)

[361]

紅梅や　見ぬ恋作る　玉簾

kōbai ya

mi nu koi tsukuru

tamasudare

red-blossomed plum—

we yearn for the unseen

behind woven blinds

(1688)

[362]

何の木の　花とは知らず　匂ひ哉

nan no ki no

hana to wa shira zu

nioi kana

what tree's flower

is this? I know not

its fragrance

(1688)

[363]

この山の　悲しさ告げよ　野老掘り

kono yama no

kanashisa tsuge yo

tokorohori

tell the sorrows

of the mountain,

old yam digger

(1688)

[364]

神垣や　思ひもかけず　涅槃像

kami gaki ya

omoi mo kake zu

nehan zō

at the shrine fence,

an unexpected image—

Buddha in nirvana 

(1688)

[365]

盃に　泥な落しそ　群燕

sakazuki ni

doro na otoshi so

mura tsubame

let no mud fall

into my sake cup,

you swallows

(1688)

[366]

紙衣の　濡るとも折らん　雨の花

kami ginu no

nuru tomo oran

ame no hana

my paper robe 

is wet, but I'll still pick

flowers in the rain

(1688)

[367]

暖簾の　奥ものふかし　北の梅

nōren no

oku mono fukashi

kita no ume

in the quiet depths

beyond the shop curtains, 

plums from the north

(1688)

[368]

梅の木に　なほ宿木や　梅の花

ume no ki ni

nao yadorigi ya

ume no hana

mistletoe grows

on one plum tree,

blossoms on another

(1688)

[369]

物の名を　まづ問ふ蘆の　若葉哉

mono no na o

mazu tou ashi no

wakaba kana

the first thing I'd ask

is the name of this reed 

with the young leaves

(1688)

[370]

花を宿に　始め終りや　二十日ほど

hana o yado ni

hajime owari ya

hatsuka hodo

I dwell among flowers

from beginning to end—

twenty days or so

(1688)

[371]

芋植ゑて　門は葎の　若葉かな

imo uete 

kado wa mugura no

wakaba kana

the taro is planted—

vines at the gate,

young leaves

(1688)

[372]

裸には　まだ衣更着の　嵐哉

hadaka ni wa

mada kisaragi no

arashi kana

get naked?

I'll wear still more

in February's storm

(1688)

[373]

このほどを　花に礼いふ　別れ哉

kono hodo o

hana ni rei iu

wakare kana

this time

I'll thank the flowers

and say farewell

(1688)

[374]

吉野にて　桜見せうぞ　檜木笠

Yoshino nite

sakura mishō zo

hinoki-gasa

at Yoshino

I'll show the cherry blossoms

my cypress hat

(1688)

[375]

さまざまの　事思うい出す　桜かな

sama zama no

koto omoidasu

sakura kana

I remember

all sorts of things—

cherry blossoms

(1688)

[376]

春の夜や　籠り人ゆかし　堂の隅

haru no yo ya

komorido yukashi

dō no sumi

spring night—

a curious someone

in the temple corner

(1688)

[377]

初桜　折しも今日は　よき日なり

hatsu-zakura

orishimo kyō wa

yoki hi nari

the first cherry blossoms,

right now, today—

what a great day

(1688)

[378] 

雲雀より　空にやすらふ　峠哉 

hibari yori

sora ni yasurau

tōge kana

higher than the lark

at rest in the sky

at the pass

(1688)

[379]

酒飲みに　語らんかかる　滝の花

sakenomi ni 

katara n kakaru

taki no hana

my drinking friends—

I'll tell them all about it, 

this waterfall of flowers

(1688)

[380]

龍門の　花や上戸の　土産にせん

Ryūmon no

hana ya jōgo no

tsuto ni se n

a gift of flowers

from the Dragon Gate

for enthusiasts

(1688)

[381]

扇にて　酒く陰や　散る桜

ōgi nite

sake kumu kage ya

chiru sakura

my fan in hand,

I drink sake in the shadows—

blossoms scatter

(1688)

[382]

声よくば　謡はうものを　桜散る

koe yokuba

utaō mono o

sakura chiru

I would sing,

had I the voice for it,

as cherry blossoms fall

(1688)

[383]

花の陰　謡に似たる　旅寝哉

hana no kage

utai ni nitaru

tabine kana

at rest on my journey

shaded by blossoms

just like in a song

(1688)

[384]

桜狩り　奇特や日々に　五里六里

sakura-gari

kidoku ya hibi ni

go ri roku ri

five or six miles a day

in search of cherry blossoms

is commendable

(1688)

[385]

春雨の　木下につたふ　清水哉

harusame no

koshita ni tsutau

shimizu kana

the spring rain

that runs beneath the trees

is such clear water

(1688)

[386]

凍て解け　筆に汲み干す　清水哉

ite toke te

fude ni kumihosu 

shimizu kana

ice melts—

a dry brush draws

clear water

(1688)

[387]

花盛り　山は日ごろの　朝ぼらけ

hana-zakari

yama wa higoro no

asaborake

the flowers at their best,

and the mountain same as ever

at daybreak

(1688)

[388]

なほ見たし　花に明け行く　神の顔

nao mitashi

hana ni ake yuku

kami no kao

I'd still like to see,

among the dawn flowers,

the face of god

(1688)

[389]

ほろほろと　山吹散るか　滝の音

horo horo to

yamabuki chiru ka

taki no oto

softly, softly,

mountain roses fall—

the rush of rapids

(1688)

[390]

日は花に　暮れてさびしや　あすならう 

hi wa hana ni

kurete sabishi ya

asunarō

a day of flowers 

darkens to the loneliness

of the false cypress

(1688)

[391]

父母の　しきりに恋し　雉子の聲

chichi haha no

shikirini koishi

kiji no koe

how I long for

my father, my mother—

a pheasant calls

(1688)

[392]

行く春雨に　和歌の浦にて　追ひ付きたり

yuku hara ni

Waka-no-ura nite

oitsuki tari

spring departs

but at Waka-no-ura Bay

I'll catch up

(1688)

[393]

一つ脱いで　後に負ひぬ　衣更

hitotsu nui de

ushiro ni oi nu

koromo gae

take one layer off

and toss it on your shoulder—

a change of clothes

(1688)

[394]

 灌仏の　日に生まれあふ　鹿の子哉

Kanbutsu no

hi ni umareau

kanoko kana

it's Buddha's birthday

and who else should be born

but a little deer

(1688)

[395]

鹿の角　まづ一つ節の　別れかな

shika no tsuno 

mazu hito fushi no

wakare kana

as the deer's antlers

branch at the first joint,

so too we part

(1688)

[396]

若葉して　御めの雫　ぬぐはばや

wakaba shite

onme no shizuka

nuguwa baya

I'd wipe the tears

from your eyes

with young leaves

(1688)

[397]

草臥れて　宿借るころや　藤の花

kutabirete

yado karu koro ya

fuji no hana

worn out,

and seeking a room,

I find wisteria

(1688)

[398]

鐘消えて　花の香は撞く　夕哉

kane kiete 

hana no ka wa tsuku

yūbe kana

the temple bell fades

but the scent of blossoms 

strikes at dusk

(1688)

[399]

里人は　稲に歌詠む　都かな

sato-bito wa

ine ni uta yomu

miyako kana

the villagers 

sing songs of rice

as in the capital

(1688)

[400]

杜若　語るも旅の　ひとつ哉

kakitsubata

kataru mo tabi no

hitotsu kana

among the joys

of travel is to speak

of rabbit-ear iris

(1688)

[401]

有難き　姿拝まん　かきつばた

arigataki

sugata ogaman

kakitsubata

I am grateful 

for the shape of

rabbit-ear iris

(1688)

[402]

花あやめ　一夜に枯れし　求馬哉

hana ayame

ichiya ni kare shi

Motome kana

an iris flower

has withered overnight

like Motome, the actor

(1688)

[403]

枯芝や　ややかげろうの　一二寸

kare shiba ya

yaya kagerō no

ichi ni sun

above the dry lawn

the heat shimmers

an inch, maybe two

(1688)

[404]

 丈六に　かげろう高し　石の上

jōroku ni

kagerō takashi

ishi no ue

a sixteen-foot Buddha—

heat shimmers high

above the stone

(1688)

[405]

ほととぎす　消え行く方や　島一つ

hototogisu

kie yuku kata ya

shima hitotsu

a cuckoo disappears 

in the direction

of an island

(1688)

[406]

蛸壺や　はかなき夢を　夏の月

tako tsubo ya

hakanaki yume wo

natsu no tsuki

octopus pot—

a fleeting dream,

a summer moon

(1688)

[407]

隠さぬぞ　宿は菜汁に　唐辛子

kakusa nu zo

yado wa nijiru ni

tōgarashi

in this house,

green vegetable soup 

with red peppers

(1688)

[408]

吹く風の　中を魚飛ぶ　御祓かな

fuku kaze no

naka o uo tobu

misogi kana

in gusting winds

the flying fish seek

purification

(1688)

[409]

結ぶより　早歯にひびく　泉かな

musubu yori

haya ha ni hibiku

izumi kana

even as I scoop it,

it rings through my teeth,

this spring water

(1688)

[410]

楽しさや　青田に涼む　水の音

tanoshisa ya

aota ni suzumu

mizu no oto

how pleasant

the green-field coolness,

the sound of water

(1688)

[411]

月はあれど　留守のようなり　須磨の夏

tsuki wa are do

rusu no yō nari

Suma no natsu

the moon is here,

but so too is absence—

Suma in summer

(1688)

[412]

月見ても　物足らはずや　須磨の夏

tsuki mite mo

mono tara wazu ya

Suma no natsu

I see the moon,

but it's not enough—

Suma in summer

(1688)

[413]

須磨の海士の　矢先に鳴くか　郭公

Suma no ama no

yasaki ni naku ka

hototogisu

a Suma fisherman,

an arrow readied for the song

of the cuckoo

(1688)

[414]

海士の顔　まづ見らるらや　芥子の花

ama no kao

mazu mi raruru ya

keshi no hana

the apparition

of these fishermen's faces—

poppies in bloom

(1688)

[415]

須磨寺や　吹かぬ笛聞く　木下闇

Suma-dera ya

fuka nu fue fue kiku

koshita yama

at Suma temple

I hear an unplayed flute

in the trees' deep shade

(1688)

[416]

かたつぶり　角振り分けよ　須磨明石

katatsuburi

tsuno furi wakeyo

Suma Akashi

the snail 

waves its horns

from Suma to Akashi

(1688)

[417]

足洗うて　つひ明けやすき　丸寝かな

ashi arōte

tsui ake-yasuki

marone kana

I washed my feet

and slept the short summer night

with my clothes on

(1688)

[418]

この蛍　田毎の月に　くらべみん

kono hotaru

Tagoto no Tsuki ni

kurabe mi n

I'd compare

these fireflies to the moon

above rice fields

(1688)

[419]

目に残る　吉野を瀬田の　蛍哉

me ni nokoru

Yoshino o Seta no

hotaru kana

still before my eyes—

the blossoms of Yoshino,

the fireflies of Seta

(1688)

[420]

草の葉を　落つるより飛ぶ　蛍哉

kusa no ha o

otsuru yori tobu

hotaru kana

no sooner fallen from 

a blade of grass than flown—

the firefly

(1688)

[421]

五月雨に　隠れぬものや　瀬田の橋

samidare ni

kakure nu mono ya

Seta no hashi

in fifth-month rain,

the only thing unhidden—

the bridge of Seta

(1688)

[422]

世の夏や　湖水に浮む　浪の上

yo no natsu ya

kosui ni ukamu

nami no ue

the summer world 

floats upon a lake

atop the waves

(1688)

[423]

海は晴れて　比叡降り残す　五月哉

umi wa harete

Hiei furi nokosu

satsuki kana

clear at the lake

though rain falls on Hiei

in the fifth month

(1688)

[424]

夕顔や　秋はいろいろの　瓢哉

yūgao ya

aki wa iroiro no

fukube kana

moonflowers—

and in autumn,

all sorts of gourds

(1688)

[425]

鼓子花の　短夜眠る　昼間哉

hirugao no

mijika yo neburu

hiruma kana

the noon-flowers

bring their short night's sleep

into the daytime

(1688)

[426]

昼顔に　昼寝せうもの　床の山

hirugao ni

hirune shō mono

toko no yama

tell the noon-flowers

they can take a little nap

in their mountain beds

(1688)

[427]

宿りせん　藜の杖に　なる日まで　　

yadori sen

akaza no tsue ni

naru hi made

I'll just stay here,

until the gooseweed has grown

into a walking stick

(1688)

[428]

山陰や　身を養はん　瓜畠

yamakage ya

mi o yashinawan

uri-batake

in mountain shadow,

I'll nourish this body with

melons of the field

(1688)

[429]

もろき人に　たとへん花も　夏野香哉

moroki hito ni

tatoen hana mo

natsu no kana

I would compare them

to a delicate child, these flowers

of the summer field

(1688)

[430]

撞鐘も　ひびくようなり　蟬の声

tsuki-gane mo

hibiku yōnari

semi no koe

the temple bell, too,

seems to ring out

in cicada song

(1688)

[431]

城跡や　古井の清水　まづ訪はん

shiro ato ya

furui no shimizu 

mazu towan

at the castle ruins,

fresh water from the old well

is what I'll seek first

(1688)

[432]

又やたぐひ　長良の川の　鮎膾

mata ya tagui

Nagara no kawa no

ayu namasu

and once again,

the pickled sweetfish

of the Nagaragawa

(1688)

[433]

おもしろうて　やがて悲しき

鵜舟哉

omoshirō te

yagate kanashiki

u-bune kana

interested in

but soon saddened by

the cormorant boats

(1688)

[434]

このあたり　目に見ゆるものは　皆涼し

kono atari

me ni miyuru mono wa

mina suzushi

around here

everything that meets the eye

is nice and cool

(1688)

[435]

夏来ても　ただひとつ葉の　一葉かな

natsu ki te mo

tada hitotsuba no

hito ha kana

even in summer

there's just the one leaf

on the one-leaf fern

(1688)

[436]

何事の　見立てにも似ず　三日の月

nanigoto no

mitate ni mo ni zu

mika no tsuki

unlike anything

it has been compared to—

the third-day moon

(1688)

[437]

刈り跡や　早稲かたがたの　鴫の声

kari ato ya

wase kata kata no

shigi no koe

after the reaping,

the early rice to one side,

a snipe's call

(1688)

[438]

あの雲は　稲妻を待つ　たより哉

ano kumo wa

inazuma o matsu

tayori kana

this cloud

awaits the lightning

and its tidings

(1688)

[439]

よき家や　雀よろこぶ背戸の粟

yoki ie ya

suzume yorokubu

sedo no awa

what a good house!

sparrows delight 

in the back-gate millet

(1688)

[440]

粟稗に　とぼしくもあらず　草の庵

awa hie ni 

toboshiku mo ara zu

kusa no io

millet, deccan grass—

we want for nothing 

in this thatched hut

(1688)

[441]

蓮池や　折らでそのまま　玉祭

hasu ike ya

ora de sonomama

tamamatsuri

the lotus leaves

unpicked, intact—

festival of the dead

(1688)

[442]

無き人の　小袖も今や　土用干

naki hito no

kosode mo ima ya

doyō-boshi

the dead, too,

air their short-sleeved robes

in the summer heat

(1688)

[443]

初秋や　海も青田の　一みどり

hatsuaki ya

umi mo aota no

hitomidori

early autumn—

the sea and the fields

all of one green

(1688)

[444]

草いろいろ　おのおの花の　手柄かな

kusa iroiro

ono ono hana no

tegara kana

the many grasses,

each with its own flower—

a fine feat

(1688)

[445]

朝顔は　酒盛知らぬ　盛り哉

asagao wa

sakamori shi ra nu

sakari kana

the morning glories

ignore these merrymakers

in full bloom

(1688)

[446]

ひょろひょらと　なほ露けしや　女郎花

hyoro hyoro to

nao tsuyu keshi ya

ominaeshi

ever trembling,

but more so beneath the dew—

golden lace

(1688)

[447]

旅に飽きて　けふ幾日やら　秋の風

tabini akite

kyō ikuka yara

aki no kaze

travel-weary—

how many days of this?

autumn wind

(1688)

[448]

見送りの　うしろや寂し　秋の風

miokuri no

ushiro ya sabishi

aki no kaze

watching from behind,

lonely as you leave—

autumn wind

(1688)

[449]

送られつ　別れつ果は　木曾の秋

okura re tsu

wakare tsu hate wa

Kiso no aki

seen off,

and finally parted—

autumn in Kiso

(1688)

[450]

送られつ 　送りつ果ては 　木曾の秋

okura re tsu

okuri tsu hate wa

Kiso no aki

seen off,

seeing others off—

autumn in Kiso

(1688)

[451]

俤や　姨ひとり泣く　月の友

omokage ya

oba hitori naku

tsuki no tomo

a shadow, a trace—

an old woman weeps alone,

the moon her companion

(1688)

[452]

身にしみて　大根からし　秋の風

mi ni shimite

daikon karashi

aki no kaze

it cuts me deep,

this sharp daikon radish—

autumn wind

(1688)

[453]

木曾の橡　浮世の人の　土産哉

Kiso no tochi

ukiyo no hito no

miyage kana

chestnuts from Kiso—

souvenirs for those of

this floating world

(1688)

[454]

吹き飛ばす　石は浅間の　野分哉

fuki tobasu

ishi wa Asama no

nowaki kana

stones blown

from Mount Asama

in the autumn storm

(1688)

[455]

秋を経て　蝶もなめるや　菊の露

aki o hete

chō mo nameru ya

kiku no tsuyu

a butterfly

passing through autumn

tastes chrysanthemum dew

(1688)

[456]

いざよひの　いづれか今朝に　残る菊

izayoi no

izure ka kesa ni

nokoru kiku

the sixteenth-night moon,

or a leftover chrysanthemum

that lingers into morning?

(1688)

[457]

いざよひも　まだ更科の　郡哉

izayoi mo

mada Sarashina no

kōri kana

the sixteenth-night moon

lingers still

in Sarashina

(1688)

[458]

鬼灯は　実も葉も殻も　紅葉哉

hōzuki wa

mi mo ha mo kara mo

momiji kana

the lantern plant,

its fruit and leaf and husk

in autumn colour

(1688)

[459]

あの中に　蒔絵書きたし　宿の月

ano naka ni

maki e kaku tashi

yado no tsuki

I'd paint it

with silver lacquer—

the moon above the inn

(1688)

[460]

桟や　命をからむ　蔦葛

kakehashi ya

inochi o karamu

tsuta kazura

at the swinging bridge,

the tangled ivy vines 

hold on for their lives

(1688)

[461]

桟や　まづ思ひ出づ　馬迎へ

kakehashi ya

mazu omoi izu

uma makae

at the swinging bridge,

the first thing that comes to mind

is meeting horses

(1688)

[462]

月影や 　四門四宗も　ただ一つ

tsuki kage ya

shimon shishū mo

tada hitotsu

moonlight—

the four gates, the four sects

are but one

(1688)

[463]

蔦の葉は　昔めきたる　紅葉哉

tsuta no ha wa

mukashi meki taru

momiji kana

ivy leaves

remind me of old times

in their autumn colour

(1688)

[464]

なに喰うで　小家は秋の　柳陰

nani kūte 

ko ie wa aki no

yanagi kage

what do they eat

come autumn in that little house

shaded by the willow?

(1688)

[465]

木曾の痩も　まだなほらぬに　後の月

Kiso no yase mo

mada naoranu ni

nochi no tsuki

still thin from Kiso,

and not yet recovered—

the late moon

(1688)

[466]

行く秋や　身に引きまとふ　三布蒲団

yuku aki ya

mi ni hikimatou

mino-buton

autumn departs—

I draw the narrow bedding

closer to my body

(1688)

[467]

借りて寝ん　案山子の袖や　夜半の霜

karite nen 

kakashi no sode ya

yowa no shimo

to sleep, I'll need to borrow

the scarecrow's sleeves—

frost at midnight

(1688)

[468]

この槌の　むかし椿か　梅の木か

kono tsuchi no

mukashi tsubaki ka

ume no ki ka

this mallet—

was it once camellia?

a plum tree?

(1688)

[469]

物いへば　唇寒し　秋の風

mono ie ba 

kuchibiru samushi

aki no kaze

say something

and your lips go cold

in the autumn wind

(1688)

[470]

明月の　出づるや五十　一ヶ条

meigetsu no

izuru ya gojū

ichi kajō

the bright moon

appears, shining like

the fifty-one articles

(1688)

[471]

叡慮にて　賑ふ民の　庭竃

eiryo nite

nigiwau tami no

niwakamado

at the emperor's pleasure,

the people flourish

at their garden stoves

(1688)

[473]

冬籠り　また寄りそはん　この柱

fuyu-gomori

mata yorisowa n

kono hashira

the cage of winter

sees me lean again

against this post

(1688)

[474]

五つ六つ　茶の子にならぶ　囲炉裏哉

itsutsu mutsu

cha no ko ni narabu

irori kans

five or six

sit with tea and cake

at the sunken hearth

(1688)

[475]

榎の実散る　椋の羽音や　朝嵐

e no mi chiru

muku no haoto ya

asa arashi

as hackberries scatter,

the sound of starling wings—

morning storm

(ca. 1684-1694)

[476]

木枯や　竹に隠れて　しづまりぬ

kogarashi ya

take ni kakurete

shizumari nu

the withering wind

conceals itself in bamboo

and falls silent

(ca. 1684-1694)

[477]

二人見し　雪は今年も　降りけるか

futari mishi

yuki wa kotoshi mo

furikeru ka

the snow we saw—

has it fallen again

this year?

(1688)

[478]

朝夜さを　誰まつしまぞ　片心

asa yosa o

tare Matsushima zo

kata-gokoro

day and night

one waits at Matsushima

with a one-sided heart

(ca. 1684-1694)

[479]

その形　見ばや枯木の　杖の長

sono katachi 

mi baya kareki no

tsue no take

in the form and shape

of the tall walking stick, 

see the dead tree

(1688)

[480]

被き伏す　蒲団や寒き　夜やすごき

kazuki fusu

futon ya samuki

yo ya sugoki

lying down

with the quilt high

on an awfully cold night

(1688)

[481]

埋火も　消ゆや涙の　烹ゆる音

uzumi-bi mo

kiyu ya namida no

niyuru oto

the banked fire

dies in the hiss

of my tears

(1688)

[482]

米買ひに　雪の袋や　投頭巾

kome kai ni

yuki no fukuro ya

nage zukin

off to buy rice,

a snow-covered bag

for my hood

(1688)

[483]

皆拝め　二見の七五三を　年の暮

mina ogame

Futami no shime o

toshi no kure

all bow before

the sacred rope of Futami

at year's end

(1688)

[484]

うたがふな　潮の花も　浦の春

utagau na

ushio no hana mo

ura no haru

there can be no doubt

that tide-flowers, too, bring

spring to the bay

(1689)

[485]

古法眼　出どころあはれ　年の暮

Kohōgen

de dokoro aware

toshi no kure

Kohōgen

is a source of sadness

at year's end

(ca. 1684-1694)

[486]

分別の　底たたきけり　年の暮

funbetsu no

soko tataki keri

toshi no kure

good sense and discretion

have bottomed out

at year's end

(1688)

[487]

元日は　田毎の日こそ　恋しけれ

ganjitsu wa

Tagoto no hi koso

koishi kere

on New Year's day

I long to see the sun

over Tagoto

(1689)

[488]

何にこの　師走の市に　ゆく烏

nani ni kono

shiwasu no ichi ni

yuku karasu

what brings you

to the year-end market,

crow?

(1689)

[489]

さし籠もる　葎の友か　冬菜売り

sashi komoru

mugura no tomo ka 

fuyu na uri

a friend to the vines

tucked safely away—

the vegetable seller in winter

(1688)

[490]

葎さへ　若葉はやさし　破れ家

mugura sae

wakaba wa yasashi

yabure ie

and yet the vines

have lovely new leaves

atop the old house

(1689)

[491]

おもしろや　今年の春も　旅の空

omoshiro ya

kotoshi no haru mo

tabi no sora

it's agreeable

in this year's spring, too,

to be travelling

(1689)

[492]

かげろふの　我が肩に立つ　紙子かな

kagerō no

waga kata ni tatsu

kamiko kana

the heat shimmers

and rises from the shoulders

of my paper robe

(1689)

[493]

雲雀鳴く　中の拍子や　雉子の声

hibari naku

naka no hyōshi ya 

kiji no koe

the skylark sings

within the beat kept

by the pheasant's cry

(1689)

[494]

月花も　なくて酒のむ　独り哉

tsuki hana mo

nakute sake nomu

hitori kana

no moon, no flowers,

just drinking sake

alone

(1689)

[495]

草の戸も　住み替る代ぞ　雛の家

kusa no to mo

sumi kawaru yo zo

hina no ie

with a change of owners,

even this poor thatched hut 

could be a doll's house

(1689)

[496]

鮎の子の　白魚送る　別れ哉

ayu no ko no

shirauo okuru

wakare kana

young sweetfish

seeing off the icefish,

bidding them farewell

(1689)

[497]

行く春や　鳥啼き魚の　目は涙

yuku haru ya

tori naki uo no

me wa namida

departing spring—

the birds cry out,

tears in the eyes of fish

(1689)

[498]

糸遊に　結びつきたる　煙哉

itoyū ni

musubi tsukitaru

kemuri kana

shimmering heat

threaded amidst

the smoke

(1689)

[499]

入りかかる　日も糸遊の　名残かな

iri kakaru

hi mo itoyu no

nagori kana

the setting sun,

a thread of haze

at its parting

(1689)

[500]

入逢の　鐘もきこえず　春の暮

iriai no

kane mo kikoe zu

haru no kure

the sunset bell

goes unheard

in spring twilight

(1689)

[501]

鐘撞かぬ　里は何をか　春の暮

kane tsuka nu

sato wa nani o ka

haru no kure

if no bell tolls

in this village, what of

spring twilight?

(1689)

[502]

あらたふと　青葉若葉の　日の光

ara tōto

aoba wakaba no

hi no hikari

how glorious

the green leaves, the young leaves,

bright in the sunlight

(1689)

[503]

暫時は　滝に籠るや　夏の初め

shibaraku wa

taki ni komoru ya

ge no hajime

in brief seclusion

at the waterfalls

as summer begins

(1689)

[504]

ほととぎす　裏見の滝の　裏表

hototogisu

Urami no Taki no

ura omote

the cuckoo

at Urami falls

from both sides

(1689)

[505]

秣負ふ　人を枝折の　夏野哉

magusa ou

hito o shiori no

natsu no kana

this fodder carrier

will be my guide across

the summer field

(1689)

[506]

山も庭に　動き入るるや　夏座敷

yama mo niwa ni

ugoki irū ya

natsu zashiki

even the mountains,

even the gardens move into

the summer sitting room

(1689)

[507]

田や麦や　中にも夏の　ほととぎす

ta ya mugi ya

nakanimo natsu no

hototogisu

in barley fields,

especially in summer—

the cuckoo

(1689)

[508]

夏山に　足駄を拝む　首途哉

natsu yama ni

ashida o ogamu

kadode kana

in summer mountains,

I pray to wooden clogs

before starting off

(1689)

[509]

鶴鳴くや　その声に芭蕉　破れぬべし

tsuru naku ya

sono koe ni bashō

yare nu beshi

a crane calls—

its voice rips through

the banana leaves

(1689)

[510]

木啄も　庵は破らず　夏木立

kitsutsuki mo

io wa yabura zu

natsu kodachi

even the woodpecker

spares this little hut 

in the summer grove

(1689)

[511]

野を横に　馬牽きむけよ　ほととぎす

no o yoko ni

uma hiki mukeyo

hototogisu

crossing the field

a horse turns toward

the cuckoo

(1689)

[512]

落ち来るや　高久の宿の　郭公

ochi kuru ya

Takaku no shuku no

hototogisu

falling down—

an inn at Takaku,

a cuckoo

(1689)

[513]

石の香や　夏草赤く　露暑し

ishi no ka ya

natsu kusa akaku

tsuyu atsushi

the scent of stones

in red summer grass,

the dew warm

(1689)

[514]

湯をむすぶ　誓ひも同じ　岩清水

yu o musubu 

chikai mo onaji

iwashimizu

at the hot spring—

bound by the same oath

as Iwashimizu

or 

I am bound

by the same oath

of rock-pure water

(1689)

[515]

田一枚　植えて立ち去る　柳かな

ta ichi mai

uete tachisaru

yanagi kana

the whole field sown

before I take my leave

from the willow

(1689)

[516]

西か東か　まづ早苗にも　風の音

nishi ka higashi ka

mazu sanae ni mo

kaze no oto

from the west, the east,

through the young rice—

the sound of wind

(1689)

[517]

関守の　宿を水鶏に　問はうもの

seki mori no

yado o kuina ni

toou mono

I would knock

at the border guard's door

but I am not a bird

(1689)

[518]

五月雨は　滝降り埋む　みかさ哉

samidare wa

taki furi uzumu 

mikasa kana

fifth-month rain—

enough to drown

the waterfall

(1689)

[519]

風流の　初めや奥の　田植歌

fūryū no

hajime ya oku no

ta ue uta

the first æsthetic—

rice-planting songs

of the deep north

(1689)

[520]

世の人の　見付けぬ花や　軒の栗

yo no hito no

mitsuke nu hana ya

noki no kuri

few in this world

will know these flowers—

a chestnut in the eaves

(1689)

[521]

隠れ家や　目だたぬ花を　軒の栗

kakurega ya

medatanu hana o

noki no kuri

hidden away—

these unseen flowers,

a chestnut in the eaves

(1689)

[522]

早苗とる　手もとや昔　しのぶ摺

sanae toru

temoto ya mukashi

shinobu zuri

young rice taken 

in hands that once pressed

leaf into cloth upon stone

(1689)

[523]

笈も太刀も　五月に飾れ紙幟

oi mo tachi mo

satsuki ni kazare

kami nobori

satchel and sword

decorate the fifth month

alongside paper carp

(1689)

[524]

笠島は　いづこ五月の　ぬかり道

Kasashima wa

izuko satsuki no

nukari michi

to Kasashima

along the muddy roads

of the fifth month

(1689)

[525]

桜より　松は二木を　三月越し

sakura yori

matsu wa futaki o

mitsuki goshi

cherry blossoms—

then, three months later,

these two pines

(1689)

[526]

あやめ草　足に結ばん　草鞋の緒

ayamegusa

ashi ni musuban

waraji no o

I will tie

irises to my feet—

cords for straw sandals

(1689)

[527]

島々や　千々に砕きで　夏の海

shimajima ya

chiji ni kudakite

natsu no umi

islands and islands—

a thousand broken pieces

in the summer sea

(1689)

[528]

夏草や　兵どもが　夢の跡

natsukusa ya

tsuwamono domo ga

yume no ato

summer grass—

all that remains

of soldiers' dreams

(1689)

[529]

五月雨の　降り残して　光堂

samidare no

furi nokoshite ya

hikari dō

fifth-month rains fall

but leave untouched

the Hall of Light

(1689)

[530]

蛍火の　昼は消えつつ　柱かな

hotaru-bi no

hiru wa kie tsutu

hashira kana

the firefly's glow

extinguished in a pillar

of daylight

(1689)

[531]

蚤虱馬　の尿する　枕もと

nomi shirami

uma no shitosuru

makura moto

fleas, and lice,

and a horse pissing

by my pillow

(1689)

[532]

涼しさを　我が宿にして　ねまるなり

suzushisa o

waga yado ni shite

nemaru nari

in summer coolness

I'll make my home

and take my ease

(1689)

[533]

這ひ出でよ　飼屋が下の　蟇の声

hai ideyo

kaiya ga shita no

hiki no koe

crawl on out

from beneath the shed,

croaking toad

(1689)

[534]

眉掃きを　俤にして　紅粉の花

mayuhaki o

omokage ni shite

beni no hana

they call to mind

an eyebrow brush,

these safflowers

(1689)

[535]

閑かさや　岩にしみ入る　蝉の声

shizukasa ya

iwa ni shimi iru

semi no koe

stillness—

the stones soaked

in cicada voice

(1689)

[536]

山寺や　石にしみつく　蝉の声

yamadera ya

iwa ni shimitsuku

semi no koe

mountain temple—

the stones soaked

in cicada voice

(1689)

[537]

寂しさや　石に染み込む　蝉の声

sabishisa ya

iwa ni shimikomu 

semi no koe

loneliness—

the stones soaked

in cicada voice

Bashō (1689)

[538]

五月雨を　あつめて早し　最上川

samidare o

atsume te hayashi 

Mogami-gawa

the fifth-month rains

gather early and quick

in the Mogamigawa

(1689)

[539]

水の奥　氷室尋ねる　柳哉

mizu no oku

himuro tazunuru

yanagi kana

at the water's source,

seek the ice-house

and willow tree

(1689)

[540]

風の香も　南に近し　最上川

kaze no ka mo

minami ni chikashi

Mogami-gawa

even the scent

of the southern wind near 

the Mogamigawa

(1689)

[541]

有難や　雪を薫らす　南谷

arigata ya

yuki o kaorasu

minami dani

in appreciation

of the scent of snow

in the south valley

(1689)

[542]

有難や　雪を薫らす　風と音

arigata ya

yuki o kaorasu

kaze no oto

in appreciation

of the scent of snow—

the sound of wind

(1689)

[543]

有難や　雪をめぐらす　風の音

arigata ya

yuki o megurasu

kaze no oto

in appreciation

of the turning snow—

the sound of wind

(1689)

[544]

涼しさや　ほの三日月の　羽黒山

suzushisa ya

hono mikazuki no

Haguro-yama

summer coolness—

a faint crescent moon

over Haguroyama

(1689)

[545]

その玉や　羽黒にかへす　法の月

sono tama ya

Haguro ni kaesu

nori no tsuki

a soul

returns to Haguro—

dharma of the moon

(1689)

[546]

月か花か　問へど四睡の　鼾哉

tsuki ka hana ka

toe do shisui no

ibiki kana

what of the moon? the blossoms?

I ask, but the four sleepers

just keep snoring

(1689)

[547]

雲の峰　幾つ崩れて　月の山

kumo no mine

ikutsu kuzurete

tsuki no yama

cloud peaks crumble 

one after another against 

the moonlit mountain

(1689)

[548]

語られぬ　湯殿にぬらす　袂かな

katara re nu

yudono ni nurasu

tamoto kana

no talking

as I wet my sleeves

at Yudono

(1689)

[549]

めづらしや　山を出羽の　初茄子

mezurashi ya

yama o ideha no

hatsu nasubi

here's something new—

as I leave the Dewa mountains,

the first eggplants

(1689)

[550]

暑き日を　海に入れたり　最上川

atsuki hi o 

umi ni iretari

Mogami-gawa

the midsummer sun

swept into the sea by

the Mogamigawa

(1689)

[551]

象潟や　雨や西施が　合歓の花

Kisagata ya

ame ni Seishi ga

nebu no hana

at Kisagata—

Seishi in the rain,

silk tree blossoms

(1689)

[552]

象潟の　雨や西施が　合歓の花

Kisagata no

ame ya Seishi ga

nebu no hana

Kisagata rain—

Seishi amidst

silk tree blossoms

(1689)

[553]

夕晴れや　桜に涼む　波の華

yūbare ya

sakura ni suzumu 

nami no hana

a clear night—

cool beneath the cherry,

its waves of blossom

(1689)

[554]

汐越や　鶴脛ぬれて　海涼し

shiogoshi ya

tsuru hagi nure te

umi suzushi

tide crossing—

a crane wets its legs

in the cool of the sea

(1689)

[555]

温海山や　吹浦かけて　夕涼み

Atsumi-yama ya

Fukūra kake te

yū suzumi

from Atsumiyama

all the way to Fukūra Bay—

the evening cool

(1689)

[556]

薬欄に　いづれの花を　草枕

yakuran ni

izure no hana o

kusa makura

which flower

in the herb garden

is for grass pillows?

(1689)

[557]

熊坂が　ゆかりやいつの　玉祭

Kumasaka ga

yukari ya itsu no

Tama Matsuri

the bandit Kumasaka 

remembered here

at the festival of the dead

(1689)

[558]

文月や　六日も常の　夜には似ず

fumizuki ya

muika mo tsune no

yo ni wa ni zu

in the seventh month,

not even the sixth night

is ordinary 

(1689)

[559]

荒海や　佐渡に横たふ　天の河

ara umi ya

Sado ni yokotau 

Ama-no-gawa

wild seas—

stretching over Sado,

the river of heaven

(1689)

[560]

枝ぶりの　日ごとに変る　芙蓉かな

eda buri no

higoto ni kawaru

fuyō kana

the shape of branches

changes everyday—

hibiscus

(1689)

[561]

鳩の声　身に入みわたる　岩戸哉

hato no koe

mi ni shimi wataru

iwato kana

a dove's voice

pierces my body 

at the cave entrance

(1689)

[562]

初真桑　四つにや断たん　輪に切らん

hatsu makuwa

yotsu ni ya tatan

wa ni kiran

the first melon—

cut it in quarters?

or round slices?

(1689)

[563]

小鯛挿す　柳涼しや　海士がつま

kodai sasu

yanagi suzushi ya 

ama ga tsuma

sea bream skewered

upon cool willow twigs—

the fisherman's wife

(1689)

[564]

一家に　遊女も寝たり　萩と月

hitotsu ya ni

yūjo mo ne tari

hagi to tsuki

under this same roof,

the play-girls, too, are sleeping—

moon and bush clover

(1689)

[565]

早稲の香や　分け入る右は　有磯海

wase no ka ya

wakeiru migi wa

Ariso-umi

the smell of early rice

as we push right through

to the Ariso sea 

(1689)

[566]

塚も動け　我が泣く声は　秋の風

tsuka mo ugoke

waga naku koe wa

aki no kaze

the tomb, too, shakes—

my wailing voice

is the autumn wind

(1689)

[567]

秋涼しさ　手毎にむけや　瓜茄子

aki suzushi 

te goto ni muke ya

uri nasubi

in the cool of autumn,

each hand peeling

an eggplant, a melon

(1689)

[568]

あかあかと　日は難面くも　秋の風

aka aka to

hi wa tsurenaku mo

aki no kaze

red and redder still,

the unkind sun—and yet,

the autumn wind

(1689)

[569]

しをらしち　名や小松吹く　萩薄

shiorashiki

na ya komatsu fuku 

hagi susuki

what a lovely name—

Komatsu, where winds touch

bush clover and pampas grass

(1689)

[570]

濡れて行くや　人もをかしき　雨の萩

nurete yuku ya 

hito mo okashiki

ame no hagi

a soaked passerby,

altogether too taken with

bush clover in the rain

(1689)

[571]

むざんや　甲の下の　きりぎりす

muzan ya na

kabuto no shita no

kirigirisu

how pitiable—

beneath his helmet,

a cricket

(1689)

[572]

あなむざんや　甲の下の　きりぎりす

ana muzan ya

kabuto no shita no

kirigirisu

alas, how pitiable—

beneath his helmet,

a cricket

(1689)

[573]

石山の石　より白し　秋の風

Ishiyama no 

ishi yori shiroshi

aki no kaze

whiter still

than the stones of Ishiyama—

the autumn wind

(1689)

[574]

山中や　菊は手折らぬ　湯の匂ひ

Yamanaka ya

kiku wa taora nu

yu no nioi

at Yamanaka—

unpicked chrysanthemum,

the scent of hot springs

(1689)

[575]

桃の木の　その葉散らすな　秋の風

momo no ki no

sono ha chirasu na

aki no kaze

a peach tree,

its leaves not yet scattered

by autumn wind

(1689)

[576]

漁り火に　鰍や浪の　下むせび

isaribi ni

kajika ya nami no

shita musebi

at the fishing flare—

a sculpin beneath the waves,

choked with tears

(1689)

[577]

湯の名残　今宵は肌の　寒からん

yu no nagori

koyoi wa hada no

samukaran

leaving the hot springs—

tonight my skin

will be cold

(1689)

[578]

湯の名残り　幾度見るや　霧のもと

yu no nagori

iku tabi miru ya

kiri no moto

leaving the hot springs—

looking back how many times

through the mist

(1689)

[579]

今日よりや　書付消さん　笠の露

kyō yori ya

kakitsuke kesan

kasa no tsuyu

from this day on

dew will erase the words

written on my hat

(1689)

[580]

庭掃いて　出でばや寺に　散る柳

niwa haite

ide baya tera ni

chiru yanagi

before I leave,

I'll sweep the temple garden

of scattered willow 

(1689)

[581]

 物書いて　扇子へぎ分くる　別れ哉

mono kaite

ōgi hegi wakaru

wakare kana

I'll write something

on the paper fan torn

at our parting

(1689)

[582]

物書いて　扇引き裂く　余波哉

mono kaite

ōgi hikisaku 

nagori kana

I'll write something,

tear apart the fan,

and leave it behind

(1689)

[583]

名月の　見所問はん　旅寝せん

meigetsu no

midokoro towan

tabine sen

let's visit the places

where the moon looks brightest

and sleep far from home

(1689)

[584]

あさむつや　月見の旅の　明け離れ

Asamutsu ya

tsukimi no tabi no

ake-banare

at Asamutsu—

a moon-viewing party

heads out at dawn

(1689)

[585]

明日の月　雨占なはん　比那が嶽

asu no tsuki

ame uranawan

Hina-ga-dake

tomorrow's moon

is calling for rain

at Hina-ga-dake

(1689)

[586]

月に名を　包みかねてや　痘瘡の神

tsuki ni na o

tsutsumi kane te ya

imo no kami

this moon's true name

cannot be concealed—

the God of Smallpox

(1689)

[587]

中山や　越路も月は　また命

Nakayama ya

Koshi ji mo tsuki wa

mata inochi

at Nakayama

along the road to Koshi

the moon is alive

(1689)

[588]

国々の　八景さらに　気比の月

kuni-guni no

hakkei sara ni

Kehi no tsuki

the many provinces,

the eight famous scenes,

and now the moon at Kehi

(1689)

[589]

月見せよ　玉江の蘆を　刈ぬ先

tsukimi seyo

Tamae no ashi o

kara nu saki

let's go moon-viewing

before the reeds of Tamae

have been cut

(1689)

[590]

月清し　遊行の持てる　砂の上

tsuki kiyoshi

Yugyō no moteru

suna no ue

the clear moon

above the sand Yugyō 

carried here

(1689)

[591]

義仲の　寝覚め山か　月悲し

Yoshinaka no

nezame no yama ka

tsuki kanashi

so this is the mountain

where Yoshinaka awoke

and saw a sad moon

(1689)

[592]

名月や　北国日和　定めなき

meigetsu ya

hokkoku biyori

sadame naki

a bright moon—

the north-country weather

is unsettled

(1689)

[593]

月いづく　鐘は沈める　海の底

tsuki izuku

kane wa shizumeru

umi no soko

where is the moon?

the temple bell has sunk

to the bottom of the sea

(1689)

[594]

月のみか　雨に相撲も　なかりけり

tsuki nomi ka

ame ni sumō mo

nakari keri

not just the moon,

but the sumo, too, called off

because of the rain

(1689)

[595]

古き名の　角鹿や恋し　秋の月

furuki na no

Tsunuga ya koishi

aki no tsuki

the ancient name

of Tsunuga—I yearn 

for the autumn moon

(1689)

[596]

衣着て　小貝拾はん　種の月

koromo kite

ko-gai hirowan

iro no tsuki

we'll don our robes

and gather seashells beneath

a moon of some kind

(1689)

[597]

小萩散れ　ますほの小貝　小盃

ko hagi chire

masuho no kai-gai

ko sakazuki

scatter little petals,

bush clover, on little red shells

and little sake cups

(1689)

[598]

寂しさや　須磨に勝ちたる　浜の秋

sabishisa ya

Suma ni kachi taru

hama no aki

the loneliness

of Suma surpassed

at the autumn shore

(1689)

[599]

浪の間や　小貝にまじる　萩の塵

nami no ma ya

ko-gai ni majiru

hagi no chiri

between the waves

bits of bush clover mingle

with the little shells

(1689)

[600]

蛤の　ふたみに別れ　行く秋ぞ

hama guri no

futami ni wakare

yuku aki zo

the hamaguri clams

of Futami break apart

as autumn passes

(1689)

[601]

そのままよ　月もたのまじ　伊吹山

sono mama yo

tsuki mo tanoma ji

Ibuki-yama

just as it is,

not even needing the moon:

Ibukiyama

(1689)

[602]

早く咲け　九日も近し　菊の花

hayaku sake

Kunichi mo chikashi

kiku no hana

hurry up and bloom

in time for Kunichi,

chrysanthemums!

(1689)

[603]

籠り居て　木の実草の実　拾はばや

komori ite

ki no mi kusa no mi

hirowa baya

secluded here,

I'll gather fruit from trees,

seeds from grass

(1689)

[604]

藤の実は　俳諧にせん　花の跡や

fuji no mi wa

haikai ni sen

hana no ato

I'll make poems

of wisteria seeds,

the flowers being gone

(1689)

[605]

隠れ家や　月と菊とに　田三反

kakurega ya

tsuki to kiku to ni

ta san tan

a hermitage—

of the moon, chrysanthemums,

an acre of rice

(1689)

[606]

西行の　草鞋もかかれ　松の露

Saigyō no

waraji mo kakare

matsu no tsuyu

Saigyō's sandals 

hung amidst the dew 

of the pines

(1689)

[607]

月さびよ　明智が妻の　咄せん

tsuki sabiyo

Akechi ga tsuma no 

hanashi sen

be sombre, moon,

as I tell the story 

of Akechi's wife

(1689)

[608]

憂きわれを　寂しがらせよ　秋の寺

uki ware o

sabishi gara seyo

aki no tera

to sorrow

I add loneliness

in the autumn temple

(1689)

[609]

秋の風　伊勢の墓原　なお凄し

aki no kaze

Ise no hakahara

nao sugoshi

the autumn wind

makes Ise's graveyard

more dreadful still

(1689)

[610]

尊さに　皆おしあひぬ　御遷宮

tōtosa ni

mina oshi ai nu

go sengū

in holiness

there's a lot of pushing

at this shrine renewal

(1689)

[611]

門に入れば　蘇鉄に蘭の　にほひ哉

mon ni ire ba

sotetsu ni ran no

nioi kana

entering the gate

near the sago palms—

the scent of orchids

(1689)

[612]

硯かと　拾ふやくぼき　石の露

suzuri ka to 

hirou ya kuboki

ishi no tsuyu

inkstone?

I pick up a rock,

dew in its hollow

(1689)

[613]

初時雨　猿も小簑を　欲しげなり

hatsu shigure

saru mo ko mino o

hoshi ge nari

in this winter rain

even the monkey wants

a little straw coat

(1689)

[614]

胡蝶にも　ならで秋経る　菜虫哉

kochō ni mo

nara de aki furu

namushi kana

a leafworm

this late in autumn

that's still not a butterfly

(1689)

[615]

人々を　しぐれよ宿ほ　寒くとも

hitobito o

shigureyo yado wa

samuku tomo

let the cold rain fall

while we are gathered

in this winter inn

(1689)

[616]

冬庭や　月もいとなる　虫の吟

fuyu niwa ya

tsuki mo ito naru

mushi no gin

winter garden—

the moon thins to a thread,

an insect sings

(1689)

[617]

屏風には　山を画書いて　冬籠り

byōbu ni wa

yama o egaite

fuyu-gomori

on a folding screen

a mountain painted

in the cage of winter

(1689)

[618]

茸狩りや　あぶなきことに　夕時雨

take-gari ya

abunaki koto ni

yū shigure

mushroom gathering

is a perilous thing

in evening showers

(1689)

[619]

いざ子供　走りありかん　玉霰

iza kodomo

hashiri arikan

tama arare

hey kids

let's go run around

in the hail

(1689)

[620]

初雪に　兎の皮の　髭作れ

hatsu yuki ni

usagi no kawa no

hige tsukure

in the first snow

we'll take rabbit fur

and make beards

(1689)

[621]

初雪や　いつ大仏の　柱立

hatsu yuki ya

itsu daibutsu no

hashira date

first snow—

when will pillars be raised

for the great Buddha?

(1689)

[622]

長嘯の　墓もめぐるか　鉢叩き

Chōshō no

haka mo meguru ka

hatchitataki

did they visit

Chōso's grave, too,

beating their alms-bowls?

(1689)

[623]

山城へ　井出の駕籠借る　時雨哉

Yamashiro e

Ide no kago karu

shigure kana

to Yamashiro

in a palanquin from Ide

through winter rain

(1689)

[624]

少将の　尼の咄や　志賀の雪

Shōshō no 

ama no hanashi ya

Shiga no yuki

these stories

of the nun Shōshō

in Shiga snow

(1689)

[625]

これや世の　煤に染まらぬ　古合子

kore ya yo no

susu ni somara nu

furu gōshi

an old set of bowls

somehow unstained by

this world of soot

(1689)

[626]

霰せば　網代の氷魚を　煮て出さん

arare se ba

ajiro no hio o

nite dasan

if it hails,

I'll cook and serve

wicker-caught ice fish

(1689)

[627]

薦を着て　誰人います　花の春

komo o kite

tarebito imasu

hana no haru

 

who could this be,

wrapped in a straw mat?

spring flowers

(1690)

[628]

獺の　祭見て来よ　瀬田の奥

kawauso no

matsuri mite koyo

Seta no oku

let's go see

the Otter Festival

deep in Seta

(1690)

[629]

春雨や　二葉に萌ゆる　茄子種

harusame ya

futaba ni moyuru

nasubi dane

in spring rain

two leaves sprout from

an eggplant seedling

(1690)

[630]

この種と　思ひこなさじ　唐辛子

kono tane to 

omoi konasaji

tōgarashi

this little seed

should not be overlooked—

red pepper

(1690)

[631]

種芋や　花の盛りに　売り歩く

tane imo ya

hana no sakari ni

uri aruku

seed potatoes—

the flowers at their peak,

the monger makes his rounds

(1690)

[632]

土手の松　花や木深き　殿造り

dote no matsu

hana ya ko bukaki

tono-zukuri

pine-filled banks

and deep-woods blossoms

make a mansion

(1690)

[633]

似合はしや　豆の粉飯に　桜狩り

niawashi ya

mame no ko meshi ni

sakura-gari

they're well matched,

these bean-floured rice balls

and blossom gathering

(1690)

[634]

畑打つ　音やあらしの　桜麻

hatake utsu

oto ya arashi no

sakura asa

ploughing the field,

the sound of a storm amid

the cherry-blossom hemp

(1690)

[635]

草枕　まことの華見　しても来よ

kusa makura

makoto no hanami

shite no koyo

a grass pillow—

go and see the flowers

the right way

(1690)

[636]

木のもとに　汁も膾も桜かな

ki no moto ni

shiru mo namasu mo

sakura kana

beneath the trees:

soup, and raw fish salad,

and cherry blossoms

(1690)

[637]

蝶の羽の　いくたび越ゆる　塀の屋根

chō no ha no

ikutabi koyuru

hei no yane

how many times

have butterfly wings flown

over this roofed wall?

(1690)

[638]

君や蝶　我や莊子が　夢心

kimi ya chō

ware ya Sōji ga

yume-gokoro

you are the butterfly

and I am Sōji's

dreaming heart

(1690)

[639]

人里は　皆花守の　子孫かや

hito sato wa

mina hanamori no

shison ka ya

these villagers

are all descendants

of the flower guards

(1690)

[640]

四方より　花吹き入れた　鳰の波

shihō yori

hana fuki irete

nio no nami

from all directions

flowers blow into

the waves of grebes

(1690)

[641]

陽炎や　柴胡の糸の　薄曇り

kagerō ya

saiko no ito no

usu gumori

in shimmering heat

the hare's-ear threads are

slightly hazy

(1690)

[642]

山桜　瓦葺くもの　まづ二つ

yama-zakura

kawara fuku mono

mazu futatsu

mountain cherries—

but, first of all, the two

thatched roofs

(1690)

[643]

鴬の　笠落したる　椿かな

uguisu no

kasa otoshitaru

tsubaki kana

a bush warbler

has dropped its hat—

a camellia

(1689)

[644]

行く春を　近江の人と　惜しみける

yuku haru o

Ōmi no hito to

oshimikeru

I share the sorrow

of the people of Ōmi

at departing spring

(1690)

[645]

曙は　まだ紫に　ほととぎす

akebono wa

mada murasaki ni

hototogisu

in daybreak

not yet lavender,

a cuckoo

(1690)

[646]

独り尼　藁屋すげなし　白躑躅

hitori ama

wara ya sugenashi

shiro tsutsuji

a lone nun

aloof in her thatched hut—

white azalea

(1690)

[647]

妻恋ふて　根笹かづくや　□□□□□

tsuma koute

nezasa kazuku ya

. . .

to yearn for a wife

adorned in bamboo grass

[unfinished]

(1690)

[648]

夏草に　富貴を飾れ　蛇の衣

natsukusa ni

fūki o kazare

hebi no kinu

in summer grass,

how precious an ornament

this castoff snakeskin

(1690)

[649]

夏草や　我先達ちて　蛇狩らん

natsukusa ya

ware saki dachite

hebi karan

summer grass—

I'll go on ahead 

to hunt for snakes

(1690)

[650]

蛇食ふと　きけばおそろし　雉の声

hebi kū to

kikeba osoroshi

kiji no koe

once you've heard

that they eat snakes,

pheasants are unnerving

(1690)

[651]

先ずたのむ　椎の木もあり　夏木立

mazu tanomu

shii no ki mo ari

natsu kodachi

for now, I'll count

on the pasania tree

in the summer grove

(1690)

[652]

夕にも　朝にもつかず　瓜の花

yūbe ni mo

asa ni mo tsuka zu

uri no hana

neither of the evening,

nor yet the morning,

these melon flowers

(1690)

[653]

日の道や　葵傾く　五月雨

hi no michi ya

aoi katamuku

satsuki ame

the sun's path—

hollyhocks lean in

as fifth-month rain falls

(1690)

[654]

橘や　いつの野中の　郭公

tachibana ya

itsu no nonaka no

hototogisu

a fragrant orange—

when and in which field

comes the cuckoo?

(1690)

[655]

螢見や　船頭酔うて　おぼつかな

hotaru mi ya

sendō youte

obotsukana

watching fireflies—

the boatman drunk

and unsteady

[656]

己が火を　木々の螢や　花の宿

onoga hi o

kigi no hotaru ya

hana no yado

with their own light

the fireflies of the forest

dwell in flowers

(1690)

[657]

川風や　薄柿着たる　夕涼み

kawa kaze ya

usu-gaki ki taru

yū suzumi

a river breeze

dressed in light persimmon

in the evening cool

(1690)

[658]

京にても　京なつかしや　ほととぎす

Kyō nite mo

Kyō natsukashi ya

hototogisu

even in Kyōto

I long for Kyōto—

the cuckoo

(1690)

[659]

我に似るな　ふたつに割れし　真桑瓜

ware ni niru na

futatsu ni ware shi

makuwauri

don't take after me

as though we were split halves

of a musk melon

(1690)

[660]

蜻蜒や　取りつきかねし　草の上

tonbō ya 

tori tsuki kane shi

kusa no ue

a dragonfly

unable to quite settle

on the grass

(1690)

[661]

猪も　ともに吹かるる　野分かな

inoshishi mo

tomo ni fukaruru

nowaki kana

wild boars, too,

blown about

in the autumn storm

(1690)

[662]

わが宿　は蚊の小さきを　馳走かな

waga yado wa

ka no chiisaki o

chisō kana

at my house

the mosquitos are tiny

as a treat

(1690)

[663]

やがて死ぬ　けしきは見えず　蝉の声

yagate shinu 

keshiki wa miezu

semi no koe

so soon to die,

and yet no sign of it

in the cicada's voice

(1690)

[664]

合歓の木の　葉越しも厭へ　星の影

nebu no ki no

hagoshi mo itoe

hoshi no kage

a silk tree,

its leaves weary

of starlight

(1690)

[665]

玉祭り　今日も焼場の　煙哉

tama matsuri

kyō mo yakiba no

kemuri kana

even today,

at the festival of the dead,

smoke from the crematory

(1690)

[666]

名月や　稚児立ち並ぶ　堂の縁

meigetsu ya

chigo tachi narabu

dō no en

bright moon—

young pages line

the temple's edge

(1690)

[667]

名月や　海に向へば　七小町

meigetsu ya

umi ni mukaeba

nana Komachi

the bright moon—

and, facing the sea,

the seven Komachi

(1690)

[668]

月見する　座に美しき　顔もなし

tsukimi suru

za ni utsukushiki

kao mo nashi

moonviewing—

not one lovely face

in the bunch

(1690)

[669]

月代や　膝に手を置く　宵の程

tsuki shiro ya

hiza ni te o oku

yoi no hodo

moonrise—

hands upon our laps

in the early evening

(1690)

[670]

月代や　膝に手を置く　宵の内

tsuki shiro ya

hiza ni te o oku

yoi no uchi

moonrise—

hands upon our laps

inside at evening

(1690)

[671]

月代や　膝に手を置く　宵の宿

tsuki shiro ya

hiza ni te o oku

yoi no yado

moonrise—

hands in our laps,

evening in a house

(1690)

[672]

雁聞きに　京の秋に　赴かん

kari kiki ni

miyako no aki ni

omomukan

I'll set out

for the capital in autumn

to hear the wild geese

(1690)

[673]

きりぎりす　忘れ音に啼く　火燵哉

kirigirisu

wasure ne ni naku

kotatsu kana

a cricket

near the foot warmer

cries forgetfully

(1690)

[674]

白髪抜く　枕の下や　きりぎりす

shiraga nuku 

makura no shita ya

kirigirisu

pulling out white hairs—

beneath my pillow,

a cricket

(1690)

[675]

海士の屋は　小海老にまじる　いとど哉

ama no ya wa

koebi ni majiru

itoda kana

a fisherman's hut—

little shrimp mix

with cave crickets

(1690)

[676]

蝶も来て　酢を吸ふ菊の　膾哉

chō mo kite

su o sūkiku no

namasu kana

a butterfly comes

to sip the vinegar—

chrysanthemum salad 

(1690)

[677]

霜の後　撫子咲ける　火桶哉

shimo no nochi

nadeshiko sakeru

hioke kana

after the frost,

still a wild pink blooms

on the wooden brazier

(1690)

[678]

朝茶飲む　僧静かなり　菊の花

asa cha nomu

sō shizukanari

kiku no hana

sipping morning tea,

the monk as quiet

as crysanthemums

(1690)

[679]

草の戸を　知や穂蓼に　唐辛子

kusa no to o

shire ya hotade ni

tōgarashi

grass gate—

know it from the knotweed

and red peppers

(1690)

[680]

桐の木に　鶉鳴くなる　塀の内

kiri no ki ni

uzura nakunaru

hei no uchi

a foxglove tree,

a quail calling out

inside the garden walls

(1690)

[681]

こちら向け　我もさびしき　秋の暮

kochira muke

ware mo sabishiki

aki no kure

turn toward me!

I too am lonely

at autumn's end

(1690)

[682]

病雁の　夜寒に落ちて　旅寝かな

byōgan no

yosamu ni ochite

tabine kana

a poorly goose

falls in the cold night

and sleeps a while

(1690)

[683]

こがらしや　頬腫痛む　人の顔

kogarashi ya

hōbare itamu

hito no kao

withering wind—

sore, swollen cheeks

on every face

(1690)

[684]

しぐるるや　田の新株の　黒むほど

shigururu ya

ta no arakabu no

kuromu hodo

a winter shower

leaves the rice-stubble

blackened

(1690)

[685]

稲妻に　悟らぬ人の　貴さよ

inazuma ni

satoranu hito no

tattosa yo

to behold lightning

and remain unenlightened

is admirable

(1690)

[686]

初雪や　聖小僧の　笈の色

hatsyuki ya

hijiri kozō no

oi no iro

the first snow falls

on the wandering monk's

faded backpack

(1690)

[687]

雪散るや　穂屋の薄の　刈り残し

yuki chiru ya

hoya no susuki no

kari nokoshi

snow falls—

reeds for the thatched hut

still uncut

(1690)

[688]

住みつかぬ　旅の心や　置火燵

sumi tsukanu

tabi no kokoro ya

okigotatsu

unsettled—

the heart of a traveler,

a makeshift heater

(1690)

[689]

乾鮭も　空也の痩も　寒の中

karazake mo

Kūya no yase mo

kan no uchi

dried salmon

and a gaunt Kūya pilgrim

in the depths of winter

(1690)

[690]

納豆切る　音しばし待て　鉢叩き

nattō kiru

oto shibashi mate

hachi tataki

chop nattō,

but wait for the sound

of bowl-beating monks

(1690)

[691]

節季候の　来れば風雅も　師走哉

sekizoro no

kure ba fūga mo 

shiwasu kana

sekizoro singers 

come in elegance

at the twelfth month

(1690)

[692]

煤掃は　杉の木の間の　嵐哉

susu haki wa

sugi no ko ma no

arashi kana

I sweep soot

as a storm wends its way

through the cedars

(1690)

[693]

三尺の　山も嵐の　木の葉哉

san jaku no

yama mo arashi no

ko no ha hana

three feet high

the mountain storm 

stacks the tree leaves

(1690)

[694]

石山の　石にたばしる　霰かな

Ishiyama no 

ishi ni tabashiru

arare kana

hailstones

scattered upon the rocks

of Ishiyama

(1690)

[695]

比良三上　雪さしわたせ　鷺の橋

Hira Mikami

yuki sashiwatase

sagi no hashi

these herons a bridge

across snow-covered

Hira and Mikami

(1690)

[696]

ひごろ憎き　烏も雪の　朝哉

higoro nikuki

karasu mo yuki no

ashita kana

not even the crows

seem as hateful

in morning snow

(1690)

[697]

半日は　神を友にや　年忘れ

han jitsu wa 

kami o tomo ni ya

toshi wasure

I'll spend half the day

in the company of the gods

and forget the year

(1690)

[698]

人に家を　買はせて我は　年忘れ

hito ni ie o

kawase te ware wa

toshi wasure

I'll have someone

buy me a house

and forget the year

(1690)

[699]

大津絵の　筆のはじめは　何仏

ōtsu e no

fude no hajime wa

nani botoke

the first brush stroke

of the Ōtsu painting—

which Buddha shall it be?

(1690)

[700]

かくれけり　師走の海の　かいつぶり

kakure keri

shiwasu no umi no

kaitsuburi

hidden

in December waters

a little grebe

(1690)

[701]

山里は　万歳遅し　梅の花

yama-zato wa

manzai ososhi

ume no hana

in mountain villages

the manzai dancers come late

as plum blossoms

(1691)

[702]

千鳥立ち　更け行く初夜の　日枝颪

chidori tachi

fuke yuku shoya no

hieoroshi

plovers fly off

in the cold winds of Hiei

as evening passes

(year unknown)

[703]

たふとさや　雪降らぬ日も　蓑と笠

tōto sa ya

yuki fura nu hi mo

mino to kasa

how precious

even on a day without rain or snow

a hat and straw coat

(1691)

[704]

梅若菜　丸子の宿の　とろろ汁

ume wakana

Mariko no shuku no

tororo-jiru

plums and young greens

at the Mariko station inn

plus that yam soup

(1691)

[705]

木曾の情　雪や生えぬく　春の草

Kiso no jō

yuki ya hae nuku

haru no kusa

the spirit of Kiso

in the spring grass that grows

beneath the snow

(1691)

[706]

梅が香や　しらら落窪　京太郎

ume ga ka ya

shirara ochikubo

kyōtarō

the scent of plum—

Shirara, Ochikubo,

Kyōtarō . . .

(1691)

[707]

月待や　梅かたげ行く　小山伏

tsuki machi ya

ume katage yuku

ko yamabushi

awaiting the moon,

plum blossoms lean towards

a young mountain ascetic

(1691)

[708]

麦飯に　やつるる恋か　猫の妻

mugi meshi ni

yatsururu koi ka 

neko no tsuma

a lady cat

grown thin from love

and barley meal

(1691)

[709]

年々や　桜を肥やす　花の塵

toshi doshi ya

sakura o koyasu

hana no chiri

year after year,

cherry trees fed

by blossom dust

(1691)

[710]

山吹や　笠に挿すべき　枝の形

yamabuki ya

kasa ni sasu beki

eda no nari

a mountain rose—

I should stick it in my hat,

shape it like a branch

(1691)

[711]

呑み明けて　花生にせん　二升樽

nomi akete

hana ike ni sen

nishō daru

drink it all—

we'll arrange flowers

in the empty cask

(1691)

[712]

柚の花や　昔忍ばん　料理の間

yu no hana ya

mukashi shinoba n

ryōri no ma

lemon flowers—

I remember old times

in the serving room

(1691)

[713]

不精さや　抱き起こさるる　春の雨

bushōsa ya

dakiokosaruru

haru no ame

helped up

from my laziness

by the spring rain

(1691)

[714]

不精さや　掻き起されし　春の雨

bushōsa ya

kakiokosareshi

haru no ame

laziness 

startled awake

by the spring rain

(1691)

[715]

衰ひや　歯に喰ひ当てし　海苔の砂

otoroi ya 

ha ni kuiteshi

nori no suna

I feel my decline

as a tooth hits sand 

in the seaweed

(1691)

[716]

五月雨や　色紙へぎたる　壁の跡

samidare ya

shikishi hegitaru

kabe no ato

in fifth-month rain,

peeled poem cards leave

their trace on the wall

(1691)

[717]

粽結ふ　片手にはさむ　額髪

chimaki yū

katate ni hasamu

hitai gami

wrapping dumplings,

one hand brushing back

her fallen hair

(1691)

[718]

竹の子や　稚き時の　絵のすさび

takenoko ya

osanaki toki no

e no susabi

bamboo shoots

were fun to sketch

when I was small

(1691)

[719]

しばらくは　花の上なる　月夜かな

shibaraku wa

hana no ue naru

tsukiyo kana

for a little while,

it hangs above the blossoms—

tonight's moon

(1691)

[720]

ほととぎす　大竹薮を　漏る月夜

hototogisu

ō takeyabu o

moru tsuki yo

a cuckoo,

while the bamboo grove

seeps moonlight

(1691)

[721]

一日一日　麦あからみて　啼く雲雀

hito hi hito hi

mugi akaramite

naku hibari

day by day

the barley reddens,

the skylark sings

(1691)

[722]

風薫る　羽織は襟も　つくろはず

kaze kaoru

haori wa eri mo

tsukurowa zu

a cool breeze,

my jacket collar

unmended

(1691)

[723]

山吹や　宇治の焙炉の　匂ふ時

yamabuki ya

Uji no hoiro no

niou toki

mountain rose—

the tea ovens at Uji,

their fragrance

(1691)

[724]

稻雀　茶の木畠や　逃げ処

ina suzume

cha no ki-batake ya

nige dokoro

rice sparrows

in the tea fields

seeking refuge

(1691)

[725]

水無月は　腹病やみの　暑さかな

minazuki wa 

fukubyō yami no

atsusa kana

in the sixth month,

a stomachache

in this heat

(1691)

[726]

憂き我を　さびしがらせよ　閑古鳥

uki ware o

sabishigara seyo

kankodori

I'm already sad,

but make me lonely, too,

mountain cuckoo

(1691)

[727]

夏の夜や　木魂に明くる　下駄の音

natsu no yo ya

kodama ni akuru

geta no oto

summer night—

dawn comes in the echo

of wooden sandals

(1691)

[728]

手を打てば　木魂に明くる　夏の月

te o uteba

kodama ni akuru

natsu no tsuki

I clap my hands,

and dawn follows in the echo—

summer moon

(1691)

[729]

能なしの　眠たし我を　行々子

nōnashi no

nemutashi ware o

gyōgyōshi

I am useless

and so sleepy—

the birds are too loud

(1691)

[730]

憂き節や　竹の子となる　人の果て

uki fusha ya 

take no ko to naru

hito no hate

a sad confluence

that everyone ends up

as bamboo shoots

(1691)

[731]

秋海棠西　瓜の色に　咲きにけり

shūkaidō

suika no iro ni

saki ni keri

begonia,

the colour of watermelon,

blooming

(1691)

[732]

闇の夜や　巣をまどはして　鳴く鵆

yami no yo ya

su o madowashite

naku chidori

in the dark of night,

lost from its nest,

a plover crying out

(1691)

[733]

牛部屋に　蚊の声暗き　残暑哉

ushi-beya ni

ka no koe kuraki

zansho kana

in a cowshed,

mosquitoes buzz darkly

in the lingering heat

(1691)

[734]

初秋や　畳みながらの　蚊屋の夜着

hatsu aki ya

tatami nagara no

kaya no yogi

in early autumn

the folded mosquito net

becomes a blanket

(1691)

[735]

秋風の　吹けども青し　栗の毬

aki kaze no

fuke domo aoshi

kuri no iga

an autumn wind

blows through the still-green

chestnut burrs

(1691)

[736]

荻の穂や　頭をつかむ　羅生門

ogi no ho ya

kashira o tsukamu

Rashōmon

reed plumes

taken by the head

at Rashōmon

(1691)

[737]

秋の色　糠味噌壷も　なかりけり

aki no iro

nukamiso tsubo mo

nakari keri

autumn colour 

comes even though

I have no pickle jar

(1691)

[738]

淋しさや　壁に掛けたる　きりぎりす

sabishisa ya

kugi ni kaketaru

kirigirisu

lonely

hung on a nail

a cricket

(1691)

[739]

米くるる　友を今宵の　月の客

yone kururu

tomo o koyoi no

tsuki no kyaku

a rice-giving friend 

is this evening's

moon-guest

(1691)

[740]

安々と　出でていざよふ　月の雲

yasu yasu to

idete izayou

tsuki no kumo

easily, easily,

the moon makes its way

through the clouds

(1691)

[741]

三井寺の　門敲かばや　今日の月

Mii dera no

mon tatakabaya

kyō no tsuki

let's go knock

at the gates of Mii Temple—

tonight's moon

(1691)

[742]

鎖明けて　月さし入れよ　浮御堂

jō akete

tsuki sashiireyo

ukimidō

unlock the door

and let the moon enter

the floating temple

(1691)

[743]

名月は　ふたつ過ぎても　瀬田の月

meigetsu wa

futatsu sugite mo

Seta no tsuki

the harvest moon

a second time, even!

this moon of Seta

(1691)

[744]

十六夜や　海老煎るほどの　宵の闇

izayoi ya

ebi niru hodo no

yoi no yami

sixteenth-night moon—

there's time to boil shrimp

as evening darkens

(1691)

[745]

蕎麦も見て　けなりがらせよ　野良の萩

soba mo mite

kenarigara seyo

nora no hagi

gazing at soba,

a field of bush clover

grows envious

(1691)

[746]

折々は　酢になる菊の　肴かな

ori ori wa

su ni naru kiku no

sakana kana

sometimes

vinegar on chrysanthemums

makes for an appetizer

(1691)

[747]

煮麺の　下焚きたつる　夜寒哉

nyūmen no

shita takitatsuru

yosamu kana

boiled noodles

build a fire beneath

the cold night

(1691)

[748]

百歳の　気色を庭の　落葉哉

momo tose no

keshiki o niwa no

ochiba kana

a hundred years

of the garden revealed

in fallen leaves

(1691)

[749]

祖父親　孫の栄えや　柿蜜柑

ōji oya

mago no sakae ya

kaki mikan

grandfather, father,

grandchildren, all flourishing—

persimmons, mikan oranges

(1691)

[750]

嵐山　薮の茂りや　風の筋

Arashiyama

yabu no shigeri ya

kaze no suji

Arashiyama's

grove grown thick,

the wind threading through

(1691)

[751]

草の戸や　日暮れてくれし　菊の酒

kusa no to ya

hi gurete kureshi 

kiku no sake

at the thatched hut

the setting sun brings

chrysanthemum wine

(1691)

[752]

鷹の目も　今や暮れぬと　鳴く鶉

taka no me mo

ima ya kurenu to

naku uzura

the hawk's eye, too,

is darkened now,

cries the quail

(1691)

[753]

橋桁の　忍は月の　名残りかな

hashigeta no

shinobu wa tsuki no

nagori kana

amid the bridge-beams,

longing ferns recall

the departed moon

(1691)

[754]

九たび　起きても月の　七ツ哉

kokono tabi

okite mo tsuki no

nanatsu kana

nine times

I wake to the moon—

still four in the morning

(1691)

[755]

松茸や　知らぬ木の葉の　へばり付く

matsudake ya

shiranu ko no ha no

hebaritsuku

pine mushroom,

a leaf from an unknown tree

attached

(1691)

[756]

秋風や　桐に動きて　蔦の霜

aki kaze ya

kiri ni ugokite 

tsuta no shimo

autumn wind

stirs the paulownia—

frost in the ivy

(1691)

[757]

葱白く　洗ひあげたる　寒さかな

nebuka shiroku

araiagetaru

samusa kana

stone leeks

washed white

and cold

(1691)

[758]

水仙や　白き障子の　とも移り

suisen ya

shiroki shōji no

tomo utsuri

daffodils—

white paper screens

reflecting each other

(1691)

[759]

作りなす　庭をいさむる　時雨かな

tsukurinasu

niwa o isamuru

shigure kana

the well-crafted

garden enlivened

by winter showers

(1691)

[760]

凩に　匂ひやつけし　返り花

kogarashi ni

nioi ya tsukeshi

kaeri-bana

a withering wind

that carries the fragrance 

of late-blooming flowers

(1691)

[761]

稻こきの　姥もめでたし　菊の花

ine koki no

uba mo medetashi

kiku no hana

how laudable, too,

this rice-threshing old woman—

a chrysanthemum

(1691)

[762]

尊がる　涙や染めて　散る紅葉

tōtogaru

namida ya somete

chiru momiji

precious

tears stain

fallen leaves

(1691)

[763]

折々に　伊吹を見ては　冬籠り

ori ori ni

Ibuki o mite wa

fuyu-gomori

now and then

I gaze on Ibuki from

the cage of winter

(1691)

[764]

都出でて　神も旅寝の　日数哉

miyako ide te

kami mo tabine no

hikazu kana

leaving the capital,

sharing nights with the gods

and counting the days

(1691)

[765]

京に飽きて　この木枯や　冬住ひ

Kyō ni akite

kono kogarashi ya

fuyuzumai

tired of Kyōto,

of the withering wind,

and winter living

(1691)

[766]

雪を待つ　上戸の顏や　稲光

yuki o matsu

jōgo no kao ya

inabikari

awaiting the snow,

the drunkards' faces—

a flash of lightning

(1691)

[767]

木枯しに　岩吹きとがる　杉間かな

kogarashi ni

iwa fuki togaru

sugi ma kana

a withering wind

sharpens the stone

amid the cedars

(1691)

[768]

夜着ひとつ　祈り出して　旅寝かな

yogi hitotsu

inori idashite 

tabine kana

a heavy blanket

I pray for, and receive,

sleeping far from home

(1691)

[769]

宿借りて　名を名乗らする　時雨哉

yado karite

na o nanora suru

shigure kana

renting a room

I introduce myself

in winter rain

(1691)

[770]

馬方は　知らじ時雨の　大井川

uma kata wa

shira ji shigure no

Ōi-gawa

a packhorse driver

who knows not the winter rains

of the Ōigawa

(1691)

[771]

留守のまに　荒れたる神の　落葉かな

rusu no ma ni

aretaru kami no

ochiba kana

the gods absent,

everything runs to ruin

amidst these fallen leaves

(1691)

[772]

ともかくも　ならでや雪の　枯尾花

tomokaku mo

narade ya yuki no

kare obana

well anyway,

still alive—snow

on withered pampas grass

(1691)

[773]

葛の葉の　面見せけり　今朝の霜

kuzu no ha no

omote misekeri

kesa no shimo

arrowroot leaves,

their faces exposed

to the morning frost

(1691)

[774]

鳫さわぐ　鳥羽の田面や　寒の雨

kari sawagu

Toba no tazura ya

kan no ame

wild geese ruckus

in the rice fields of Toba

and the coldest rain

(1691)

[775]

魚鳥の　心は知らず　年忘れ

uo tori no 

kokoro wa shirazu

toshi wasure

what birds and fish

feel at heart is unknowable—

let's forget the old year

(1691)

[776]

鶯や　餅に糞する　縁の先

uguisu ya

mochi ni funsuru

en no saki

a bush warbler

has shit on the mochi

left on the porch rail

(1692)

[777]

人も見ぬ　春や鏡の　裏の梅

hito mo mi nu

haru ya kagami no

ura no ume

a spring no one

even sees—plum blossoms

on the back of a mirror

(1691)

[778]

その匂ひ　桃より白し　水仙花

sono nioi

momo yori shiroshi

suisen ka

its colour

whiter than peach

a daffodil

(1692)

[779]

猫の恋　やむとき閨の　朧月

neko no koi

yamu toki neya no

oborozuki

after the love-cats

wrap up, my bedroom fills

with hazy moonlight

(1692)

[780]

うらやまし　浮世の　北の山桜

urayamashi 

ukiyo no kita no

yama-zakura

enviably north 

of this floating world—

mountain cherry

(1692)

[781]

両の手に　桃と桜や　草の餅

ryō no te ni

momo to sakura ya

kusa no mochi

in both hands—

peach and cherry blossoms

and mugwort mochi

(1692)

[782]

この心　推せよ花に　五器一具

kono kokoro

suiseyo hana ni

goki ichigu

know this heart

from a flowering blossom

and a begging bowl

(1692)

[783]

数へ来ぬ　屋敷屋敷の　梅柳

kazoe ki nu 

yashiki yashiki no

ume yanagi

counting as I go

house after house

the plums and willows

(1692)

[784]

ほととぎす　鳴くや五尺の　菖草

hototogisu

naku ya go shaku no

ayamegusa

the cuckoo 

cries—five feet

of iris leaves

(1692)

[785]

三日月に　地は朧なり　蕎麦の花

mikazuki ni

chi wa oboro nari

soba no hana

a crescent moon

and the earth gone hazy

with soba flowers

(1692)

[786]

芭蕉葉を　柱に懸けん　庵の月

bashō ba o

hashira ni kaken

io no tsuki

a banana leaf

hangs from the post,

the moon above my hut

(1692)

[787]

花に寝ぬ　これも類か　鼠の巣

hana ni nenu

kore mo tagui ka

nezumi no su

unsleeping, too,

amidst the flowers—

a mouse's nest

(1692)

[788]

杜鵑　鳴く音や古き　硯箱

hototogisu

naku ne ya furuki

suzuri-bako

a cuckoo,

its singing voice

an old inkstone box

(1692)

[789]

鎌倉を　生きて出でけん　初鰹

Kamakura o

iki te ide ken

hatsu-gatsuo

it left Kamakura

alive, probably,

this first bonito

(1692)

[790]

水無月や　鯛はあれども　塩鯨

minazuki ya

tai wa are domo

shio kujira

in this sixth month,

though there is sea bream,

there's salted whale, too

(1692)

[791]

破風口に　日影や弱る　夕涼み

hafuguchi ni

hikage ya yowaru

yū suzumi

at the gable's end

the sunlight weakens

in the evening cool

(1692)

[792]

唐破風の　入日や薄き　夕涼み

kara hafu no

iri hi ya usuki

yū suzumi

an elegant gable

and the thinning light of sunset

in the evening cool

(1692)

[793]

七株の　萩の千本や　星の秋

nana kabu no

hagi no chimoto ya

hoshi no aki

seven stocks 

of bush clover, a thousand

autumn stars

(1692)

[794]

撫子の　暑さ忘るる　野菊かな

nadeshiko no

atsusa wasururu

no-giku kana

I forget the heat

of summer pinks amidst

wild chrysanthemums

(1697)

[795]

霧雨の　空を芙蓉の　天気哉

kiri same no

sora o fuyō no

tenki kana

fog and rain,

a sky of rose-mallow

weather

(1692)

[796]

名月や　門に指し来る　潮頭

meigetsu ya

mon ni sashikuru

shio gashira

the bright moon

above the flooding salt tide

that creeps to my gate

(1692)

[797]

秋に添うて　行かばや末は　小松川

aki ni soute

yuka baya sue wa

Komatsugawa

I'll go all the way 

to the Komatsugawa

with autumn at my side

(1692)

[798]

川上と　この川下や　月の友

kawa kami to

kono kawa shimo ya

tsuki no tomo

both upriver

and downriver, these

friends of the moon

(1692)

[799]

行くもまた　末頼もしや　青蜜柑

yuku mo mata

sue tanomoshi ya

ao mikan

in our parting,

I still find promise—

an unripened orange

(1692)

[800]

行く秋の　なほ頼もしや　青蜜柑

yuku aki no

nao tanomoshi ya

ao mikan

at autumn's end,

I still find promise—

an unripened orange

(1692)

[801]

青くてもあるべきものを唐辛子

aoku te mo

arubeki mono o

tōgarashi

it should have stayed

in its green attire,

this red pepper

Bashō (1692)

[802]

袖の色　よごれて寒し　濃鼠

芭蕉

sode no iro

yogorete samushi

koi nezumi

my sleeves

stained a dreary

rat-grey

Bashō (1684-1694)

[803]

初霜や　菊冷え初むる　腰の綿

芭蕉

hatsu shimo ya

kiku hie somuru

koshi no wata

first frost

chills the chrysanthemums

and my cotton-wrapped hips

Bashō (1692)

[804]

今日ばかり　人も年寄れ　初時雨

芭蕉

kyō bakari

hito mo toshi yore

hatsu shigure

just today

we've all grown old

in this first winter rain

Bashō (1692)

[805]

炉開きや　左官老い行く　鬢の霜

芭蕉

robiraki ya

sakan oi yuku

bin no shimo

opening the hearth,

an aging plasterer,

frost at his temples

Bashō

[806]

口切に　堺の庭ぞ　なつかしき

芭蕉

kuchi kiri ni

Sakai no niwa zo

natsukashiki

I open a tea jar

in a garden of Sakai

and yearn

Bashō (1692)

[807]

塩鯛の　歯ぐきも寒し　魚の店

芭蕉

shio dai no

haguki mo samushi

uo no tana

how cold the lips

of the salted sea bream

in the fish shop

Bashō (1692)

[808]

御命講や　油のような　酒五升

芭蕉

o meiko ya

abura no yōna

sake go masu

an Omeiko ceremony

with sake like oil

in five masu cups

Bashō (1692)

[809]

月花の　愚に針立てん　寒の入り

芭蕉

tsuki hana no

gu ni hari taten

kan no iri

a needle to cure

my moon and flower foolishness

as these cold days begin

Bashō (1692)

[810]

庭掃きて　雪を忘るる　帚かな

niwa hakite

yuki o wasururu

hahaki kana

the broom

sweeps the garden,

forgetting the snow

Bashō (1692)

[811]

埋火や　壁には客の　影法師

芭蕉

uzumi-bi ya

kabe ni wa kyaku no

kagebōshi

a banked fire—

against the wall,

the guest's shadow

Bashō (1692)

[812]

打ち寄りて　花入探れ　梅椿

芭蕉

uchi yorite

hana ire sagure

ume tsubaki

come closer

to see this vase

of plum and camellia

Bashō (1692)

[813]

なかなかに　心をかしき　臘月かな

芭蕉

naka naka ni

kokoro okashiki

shiwasu kana

how easily 

things lighten my heart

in this twelfth month

Bashō (1692)

[814]

節季候を　雀の笑ふ　出立かな

芭蕉

sekizoro o

suzume no warau

detachi kana

these year-end mummers

a sight to make

the sparrows laugh

Bashō (1692)

[815]

蛤の　生けるかひあれ　年の暮

芭蕉

hamaguri no

ikeru kai are

toshi no kure

the clams

yet live and prosper

at year's end

Bashō (1692)

[816]

年々や　猿に着せたる　猿の面

芭蕉

toshi doshi ya

saru ni kisetaru

saru no men

year in, year out,

the monkey wears

a monkey mask

Bashō (1693)

[817]

春もやや　気色ととのふ　月と梅

芭蕉

haru mo yaya

keshiki totonou

tsuki to ume

spring, too, begins

to show its humour

in moon and plum

Bashō (1693)

[818]

蒟蒻に　今日は売り勝つ　若菜哉

芭蕉

konnyaku ni

kyō wa urikatsu

wakana kana

konnyaku

outsold today

by young greens

Bashō (1693)

[819]

蒟蒻の　刺身もすこし　梅の花

芭蕉

konnyaku no

sashimi mo sukoshi

ume no hana

konnyaku,

just a few slices,

and plum blossom

Bashō (1693)

[820]

当帰より　あはれは塚の　菫草

芭蕉

tōki yori

aware wa tsuka no

sumire-gusa

sadder still than

the angelica at his grave

are the violet grasses

Bashō (1693)

[821]

初午に　狐の剃りし　頭哉

芭蕉

hatsu muma ni

kitsune no sorishi

atama kana

this First Day of the Horse,

a fox has shaved 

your head, it seems

Bashō (1693)

[822]

白魚や　黒き目を明く　法の網

芭蕉

shira uo ya 

kuroki me o aku

nori no ami

an icefish,

it's black eyes open

in the net of the Law

Bashō (1693)

[823]

鶴の毛の　黒き衣や　花の雲

芭蕉

tsuru no ke no

kuroki koromo ya

hana no kumo

crane feathers

a black robe—

clouds of blossom

a crane's black

robe of feathers—

clouds of blossom

Bashō (1693)

[824]

篠の露　袴に掛けし　茂り哉

芭蕉

sasa no tsuyu

hakama ni kakeshi

shigeri kana

dew on bamboo grass

dampens your hakama

as it grows thick

Bashō (1693)

[825]

風月の　財も離れよ　深見艸

芭蕉

fūgetsu no

zai mo hanareyo

fukami-gusa

even the wind and moon

surpassed in their art

by these peonies

Bashō (1693)

[826]

郭公　声横たふや　水の上

芭蕉

hototogisu

koe yokotau ya

mizu no ue

a cuckoo

its call stretching

across the water

Bashō (1693)

[827]

一声の　江に横たふや　ほととぎす

芭蕉

hito koe no

e ni yokotau ya

hototogisu

one voice

across the inlet

the cuckoo

Bashō (1693)

[828]

椎の花の　心にも似よ　木曾の旅

芭蕉

shii no hana no

kokoro ni mo niyo

Kiso no tabi

let your heart be

as the shii-oak flower

on this trip to Kiso

Bashō (1693)

[829]

旅人の　心にも似よ　椎の花

芭蕉

tabibito no

kokoro ni mo niyo

shii no hana

a traveler's 

heart should be as

shii-oak flowers

Bashō (1693)

[830]

憂き人の　旅にも習へ　木曾の蠅

芭蕉

uki hito no

tabi ni mo narae

Kiso no hae

a traveler

learns sorrow from

the flies of Kiso

Bashō (1693)

[831]

この寺は　庭一盃の　ばせを哉

芭蕉

kono tera wa

niwa ippai no

bashō kana

this temple,

its garden full

of banana trees

Bashō (1693)

[832]

夕顔や　酔うて顔出す　窓の穴

芭蕉

yūgao ya

yōte kao dasu

mado no ana

moonflowers—

a drunken face peeks

out the window

Bashō (1693)

[833]

子供等よ　昼顔咲きぬ　瓜剥かん

芭蕉

kodomora yo

hirugao sakinu 

uri mukan

hey kids!

noonflowers are blooming

let's peel a melon

Bashō (1693)

[834]

いざ子供　昼顔咲かば　瓜剥かん

芭蕉

iza kodomo

hirugao sakaba

uri mukan

hey kids!

if noonflowers are blooming

we should peel a melon

Bashō (1693)

[835]

窓形に　昼寝の台や　簟

芭蕉

madonari ni

hirune no dai ya

take mushiro

by the window,

napping on a high bed

and bamboo mat

Bashō (1693)

[836]

なまぐさし　小菜葱が上の　鮠の腸

芭蕉

namagusashi 

konagi ga ue no

hae no wata

this fish smell

atop the waterweed

is dace guts

Bashō (1692)

[837]

高水に　星も旅寝や　岩の上

芭蕉

takamizu ni

hoshi mo tabine ya

iwa no ue

in flooding waters

the stars, too, sleep on their journey

over the rocks

Bashō (1693)

[838]

初茸や　まだ日数経ぬ　秋の露

芭蕉

hatsutake ya

mada hikazu henu

aki no tsuyu

these first mushrooms,

though there have passed few days

of autumn dew

Bashō (1693)

[839]

松茸や　かぶれたほ　どは松の形

芭蕉

matsudake ya

kabureta hodo wa

matsu no nari

a pine mushroom,

its ragged top

the shape of a pine

Bashō (1684-94)

[840]

夏かけて　名月暑き　涼み哉

芭蕉

natsu kakete

meigetsu atsuki

suzumi kana

it's summer yet,

the bright moon too hot

for coolness

Bashō (1693)

[841]

十六夜は　わづかに闇の　初め哉

芭蕉

izayoi wa

wazukani yami no

hajime kana

sixteenth-night moon—

ever so slightly

the darkening begins

Bashō (1693)

[842]

秋風に　折れて悲しき　桑の杖

芭蕉

akikaze ni

orete kanashiki

kuwa no tsue

in autumn wind

a sadly broken 

mulberry walking stick

Bashō (1693)

[843]

見しやその　七日は墓の　三日の月

芭蕉

mishi ya sono

nanuka wa haka no

mika no tzuki

on the seventh night

did you see above your grave

the crescent moon?

Bashō (1693)

[844]

入る月の　跡は机の　四隅かな

芭蕉

iru tsuki no

ato wa tsukue no

yosumi kana

the moon has set,

leaving us only this desk's

four corners

Bashō (1693)

[845]

月やその　鉢木の日の　した面

芭蕉

tsuki ya sono

hachi no ki no hi no

shita omote

the moon 

the day Hachi no Ki

was played in bare face

Bashō (1693)

[846]

朝顔や　昼は鎖おろす　門の垣

芭蕉

asagao ya

hiru wa jō orosu

mon no kaki

morning glories—

in daytime I lock

the fence gate

Bashō (1693)

[847]

蕣や　是も叉我が　友ならず

芭蕉

asagao ya 

kore mo mata waga

tomo naru zu

a morning glory

that is also not

my friend

Bashō (1693)

[848]

老の名の　ありとも知らで　四十雀

芭蕉

oi no na no

ari tomo shira de

shijūkara

the old man's

name is unknown

to the chickadees

Bashō (1693)

[849]

白露も　こぼさぬ萩の　うねり哉

芭蕉

shira tsuyu mo

kobosa nu hagi no

uneri kana

the white dew

upon swaying bush clover

that does not spill

Bashō (1693)

[850]

菊の露　落ちて拾へば　零余子かな

芭蕉

kiku no tsuyu

ochite hiroe ba

nukago kana

a chrysanthemum

drops its dew as I gather

a brood bud

Bashō (1693)

[851]

影待や　菊の香のする　豆腐串

芭蕉

kagemachi ya

kiku no ka no suru

tōfugushi

awaiting shadow,

our tofu skewers scented

of chrysanthemums

Bashō (1693)

[852]

菊の花　咲くや石屋の　石の間

芭蕉

kiku no hana

saku ya ishiya no

ishi no ai

chrysanthemums

bloom between the stones

at the stonemason's

Bashō (1693)

[853]

琴箱や　古物店の　背戸の菊

芭蕉

koto-bako ya

furumono dana no

sedo no kiku

a harp case

and back-door chrysanthemums

at the antique shop

Bashō (1693)

[854]

武蔵野や　さはるものなき　君が笠

芭蕉

Musashino ya

sawaru mono naki

kimi ga kasa

at Musashino—

may nothing hinder

your traveler's hat

Bashō (1684—94)

[855]

行く秋の　芥子に迫りて　隠れけり

芭蕉

yuku aki no

keshi ni semarite

kakure keri

as autumn departs,

an urge to hide myself

in a poppy

Bashō (1693)

[856]

朝な朝な　手習ひすすむ　きりぎりす

芭蕉

asa na asa na 

tenari susumu 

kirigirisu

morning after morning

it practices and improves,

this cricket

Bashō (1684—94)

[857]

寒菊や　粉糠のかかる　臼の端

芭蕉

kangiku ya

ko nuka no kakaru

usu no hata

winter chrysanthemums

blanketed in rice bran flour

next to the hand mill

Bashō (1693)

[858]

菊の後　大根の外　更になし

芭蕉

kiku no nochi

daikon no hoka

sara ni nashi

after the chrysanthemums,

if it wasn't for radishes,

there'd be nothing

Bashō (1684—94)

[859]

鞍壺に　小坊主乗るや　大根引

芭蕉

kuratsubo ni

ko bōzu noru ya

daikon hiki

a small boy 

rides in the saddle seat

amidst the radish pickers

Bashō (1693)

[860]

猿引は　猿の小袖を　砧哉

saru hiki wa

saru no kosode o

kinuta kana

a monkey trainer

beats a monkey's little jacket

against a fulling block

Bashō (1684—94)

[861]

さる引の　猿と世を経る　秋の月

芭蕉

saru hiki no

saru to yo o furu

aki no tsuki

a monkey trainer

passes through life with a monkey—

autumn moon

Bashō (1684—1694)

[862]

夜すがらや　竹氷らする　今朝の霜

芭蕉

yosugara ya

take kōrasuru 

kesa no shimo

all night

the bamboo freezing

until morning frost

Bashō (1684—1694)

[863]

皆出でて　橋を戴く　霜路哉

芭蕉

mina idete

hashi o itadaku

shimoji kana

everyone's come out,

grateful for the bridge

and its frosted path

Bashō (1693)

[864]

初雪や　懸けかかりたる　橋の上

hatsu yuki ya

kake kakaritaru

hashi no ue

first snow 

falls upon

the half-finished bridge

Bashō (1693)

[865]

難波津や　田螺の蓋も　冬ごもり

芭蕉

Naniwazu ya

tanishi no futa mo

fuyu-gomori

in Naniwa Bay,

even the mud snail's lid

is closed for winter

Bashō (1693)

[866]

雑水に　琵琶聴く軒の　霰哉

芭蕉

zōsui ni

biwa kiku noki no

arare kana

vegetable rice porridge,

the hailstones a lute

upon the eaves

Bashō (1684—94)

[867]

須磨の浦の　年取り物や　柴一把

芭蕉

Suma no ura no

toshitori mono ya

shiba ichiwa

at Suma beach

I'll ready for the new year

bundling brushwood

Bashō (1684—94)

[868]

金屏の　松の古さよ　冬籠り

芭蕉

kinbyō no

matsu no furusa yo

fuyu-gomori

a gold-leaf screen

with an ancient pine

in the cage of winter

Bashō (1693)

[869]

菊の香や　庭に切れたる　履の底

芭蕉

kiku no ka ya

niwa ni kiretaru

kutsu no soko

fragrant chrysanthemums—

and, in the garden, a worn-out 

upside-down shoe

Bashō (1693)

[870]

寒菊や　醴造る　窓の前

芭蕉

kangiku ya 

amazake tsukuru

mado no saki

winter chrysanthemum—

I'll make sweet sake

before the window

Bashō (1693)

[871]

一露も　こぼさぬ菊の　氷かな

芭蕉

hito tsuyu mo

kobosanu kiku no

kōri kana

not a single drop

of dew spills from

the ice chrysanthemum

Bashō (1693)

[872]

初時雨　初の字を我が　時雨哉

芭蕉

hatsu shigure

hatsu no ji o waga

shigure kana

this first winter rain—

I'll write my first words

in this winter rain

Bashō (1693)

[873]

葉にそむく　椿の花や　よそ心

芭蕉

ha ni somuku

tsubaki no hana ya

yosogokoro

the leaf runs counter

to the camellia blossom—

the heart goes astray

Bashō (1684—94)

[874]

けごろもに　つつみて温し　鴨の足

芭蕉

kegoromo ni

tsutsumite nukushi

kamo no ashi

a feathered robe

bundled warm around

a wild duck's feet

Bashō (1693)

[875]

振売の　鴈あはれなり　恵比寿講

芭蕉

furi uri no

gan awarenari

Ebisu kō

how pitiable

the birdseller's geese

at the Ebisu ceremony

Bashō (1693)

[876]

物ほしや　袋のうちの　月と花

芭蕉

monohoshi ya

fukuro no uchi no

tsuki to hana

what I'd like

inside my bag is

the moon and flowers

Bashō (1684—94)

[877]

恵比寿講　酢売に袴　着せにけり

芭蕉

Ebisu kō

su uri ni hakama

kiseni keri

at the Ebisu festival

the vinegar peddler wears

his hakama

Bashō (1683)

[878]

幼名や　知らぬ翁の　丸頭巾

芭蕉

osana na ya

shira nu okina no

maru zukin

the name of a boy

and the hood of an old man

I've never met

Bashō (1684—94)

[879]

子に飽くと　申す人には　花もなし

芭蕉

ko ni aku to

mōsu hito ni wa

hana mo nashi

for those who say

they are tired of children

there are no flowers

Bashō (1693)

[880]

もののふの　大根苦き　話哉

芭蕉

mononofu no

daikon nigaki

hanashi kana

samurai

bitter as radishes

in their talk

Bashō (1693)

[881]

芹焼や　裾輪の田井の　初氷

芭蕉

seri yaki ya

suso wa no ta i no

hatsu gōri

parsely-baked duck,

first ice on the pond

at the mountain's foot

Bashō (1693)

[882]

生きながら　一つに氷る　海鼠哉

芭蕉

iki nagara

hitotsu ni kōru

namako kana

still alive,

but all frozen into one,

these sea cucumbers

Bashō (1693)

[883]

有明も　三十日に近し　餅の音

芭蕉

ariake mo

misoka ni chikashi

mochi no oto

dawn, too, draws

year's end nearer—

the sound of mochi

Bashō (1693)

[884]

せつかれて　年忘れする　機嫌かな

芭蕉

setsukare te

toshi wasure suru

kigen kana

I have been urged

to forget the old year

in good humour

Bashō (1684—93)

[885]

煤掃は　己が棚つる　大工かな

芭蕉

susu haki wa

ono ga tana tsuru

daiku kana

year-end cleaning,

the carpenter hanging

his own shelf

Bashō (1693)

[886]

蓬莱に　聞かばや伊勢の　初便り

芭蕉

hōrai ni

kika baya Ise no

hatsu dayori

the feast is readied

but I would hear from Ise

the first news

Bashō (1694)

[887]

盗人に　逢うた夜もあり　年の暮

芭蕉

nusubito ni

ōta yo mo ari

toshi no kure

I met a thief

here one night, too,

late in the year

Bashō (1693)

[888]

一とせに　一度摘まるる　薺かな

芭蕉

hito tose ni

ichido tsumaruru

nazuna kana

once a year,

and only once, we gather

shepherd's purse

Bashō (1694)

[889]

雪間より　薄紫の　芽独活哉

芭蕉

yuki ma yori

usu murasaki no

me udo kana

through patchy snow

the light purple

of budding aralia 

Bashō (1684—94)

[890]

前髪も　まだ若艸の　匂ひかな

芭蕉

maegami mo

mada wakakusa no

nioi kana

a forelock

that carries still the scent

of young grass

Bashō (1684—94)

[891]

雀子と　声鳴きかはす　鼠の巣

芭蕉

suzume ko to

koe naki kawasu

nezumi no su

young sparrows 

cry out, answered

from the rat's nest

Bashō (1684-94)

[892]

腫物に　柳のさはる　しなへ哉

芭蕉

haremono ni

yanagi no sawaru

shinae kana

a sore

the willow bends

to touch

Bashō (1694)

[893]

腫物に　触る柳の　撓哉

芭蕉

haremono ni

sawaru yanagi no

shinae kana

a sore

the bending willow

touches

Bashō (1694)

[894]

傘に　押し分けみたる　柳かな

芭蕉

karakasa ni

oshi wake mitaru

yanagi kana

an umbrella 

pushing through

to the willows

Bashō (1694)

[895]

梅が香に　昔の一字　あはれなり

芭蕉

ume ga ka ni

mukashi no ichiji

aware nari

amidst fragrant plum

to even speak of the past

is sorrowful

Bashō (1694)

[896]

梅が香や　見ぬ世の人に　御意を得る

芭蕉

ume ga ka ya

mi nu yo no hito ni

gyoi o uru

amidst fragrant plum

it's a pleasure to meet people

from unseen worlds

Bashō (1684—94)

[897]

梅が香に　のつと日の出る　山路哉

芭蕉

ume ga ka ni

notto hi no deru

yamaji kana

the scent of plum

and all at once the sun

along the mountain path

Bashō (1694)

[898]

梅が香に　追ひもどさるる　寒さかな

芭蕉

ume ga ka ni

oi modosa ruru

samusa kana

the scent of plum

chases away

the cold

Bashō (1684—94)

[899]

香を残す　蘭帳蘭の　やどり哉

芭蕉

ka o nokosu

ranchō ran no

yadori kana

the lingering

scent of orchids on 

the room's curtains

Bashō (1684—94)

[900]

潅仏や　皺手合する　数珠の音

芭蕉

nehan e ya

shiwade awasuru

juzu no oto

to mark the Buddha's death:

wrinkled hands clasped,

the sound of prayer beads

Bashō (1694)

[901]

潅仏や　皺手合する　数珠の音

芭蕉

kanbutsu ya

shiwade awasuru

juzu no oto

to mark the Buddha's birth:

wrinkled hands clasped,

the sound of prayer beads

Bashō (1694)

[902]

蝙蝠も　出でよ浮世の　華に鳥

芭蕉

kōmori mo

ideyo ukiyo no

hana ni tori

the bat, too,

comes to this floating world

of bird and blossom

Bashō (1684—94)

[903]

世に盛る　花にも念仏　申しけり

芭蕉

yo ni sakaru

hana ni mo nebutsu

mōshikeri

with the world in bloom

we'll praise Amida Buddha's name

to the flowers, even

Bashō (1684—94)

[904]

青柳の　泥にしだるる　潮干かな

芭蕉

aoyagi no

doro ni shidaruru

shiohi kana

a green willow

droops into the mud

as the tide recedes

Bashō (1694)

[905]

八九間　空で雨降る　柳かな

芭蕉

hakku ken

sora de ame furu

yanagi kana

forty or fifty feet up

rain falls through the sky

to the willow

Bashō (1694)

[906]

春雨や　蜂の巣つたふ　屋根の漏り

芭蕉

harusame ya

hachi no su tsutau

yame no mori

spring rain

runs along the wasp's nest

and through a leaky roof

Bashō (1693)

[907]

鶯や　柳のうしろ　薮の前

uguisa ya

yanagi no ushiro

yabu no mae

bush warbler—

behind the willow,

before the grove

Bashō (1693)

[908]

花見にと　指す船遅し　柳原

芭蕉

hana mi ni to

sasu fune ososhi

Yanagihara

for flower viewing,

the boats go leisurely

along Yanagihara banks

Bashō (1694)

[909]

春雨や　蓑吹きかへす　川柳

芭蕉

harusame ya

mino fuki kaesu

kawa yanagi

in spring rain—

the straw coats blown open,

the river willows

Bashō (1684—1694)

[910]

古川に　こびて目を張る　柳かな

芭蕉

furu kawa ni

kobite me o haru

yanagi kana

an old river

making big eyes

at the willow

Bashō (1684—94)

[911]

春の夜は　桜に明けて　しまひけり

芭蕉

haru no ya wa

sakura ni akete

shimai keri

a spring night

ends in dawn 

upon the cherry

Bashō (1684—94)

[912]

咲き乱す　桃の中より　初桜

芭蕉

saki midasu

momo no naka yori

hatsu-zakura

a riot of blossom:

amidst the many peaches,

the first cherry

Bashō (1684—94)

[913]

蝶鳥の　浮はつき立つや　花の雲

芭蕉

chō tori no

uwatsuki tatsu ya

hana no kumo

butterflies, birds

float up into

clouds of blossom

Bashō (1684—94)

[914]

まとうどな　犬ふみつけて　猫の恋

芭蕉

matōdo na

inu fumitsukete

neko no koi

a cat in love

will trample a dog

and all people

Bashō (1684—94)

[915]

四つ五器の　そろはぬ花見　心哉

芭蕉

yotsu goki no

sorowa nu hanami 

gokoro kana

my begging bowl set

is incomplete but I do enjoy

flower viewing

Bashō (1684)

[916]

奈良七重七堂伽藍八重桜

芭蕉

Nara nanae

shichi dō garan

yae-zakura

the seven halls

of Nara's seven temples,

the eight-petaled cherry

Bashō (1684—94)

[917]

西行の　庵もあらん　花の庭

芭蕉

Saigyō no

iori mo ara n

hana no niwa

Saigyō's cottage

must be here somewhere

in this garden of flowers

Bashō (1684—94)

[918]

春雨や　蓬をのばす　艸の道

芭蕉

harusame ya

yomogi o nobasu

kusa no michi

in spring rain

the mugwort grows taller

along the grass path

Bashō (1694)

[919]

寒からぬ　露や牡丹の　花の蜜

芭蕉

samukara nu

tsuyu ya botan no

hana no mitsu

it's not cold dew

but the nectar

of the peony

Bashō (1694)

[920]

木隠れて　茶摘みも聞くや　ほととぎす

芭蕉

kogakure te

chatsumi mo kiku ya

hototogisu

hidden behind trees,

those harvesting tea hear

the cuckoo, too

Bashō (1694)

[921]

卯の花や　暗き柳の　及び腰

芭蕉

u no hana ya

kuraki yanagi no

oyobigoshi

deutzia in bloom,

a dark willow 

bent back

Bashō (1694)

[922]

雨折々　思ふ事なき　早苗哉

芭蕉

ame ori ori

omou koto naki 

sanae kana

raining off and on

so no need to worry

about rice seedlings

Bashō (1684—94)

[923]

紫陽草や　薮を小庭の　別座敷

芭蕉

ajisai ya

yabu o ko niwa no

betsu zashiki

the hydrangea

a little garden for

this detached room

Bashō (1694)

[924]

撫子に　かかる涙や　楠の露

芭蕉

nadeshiko ni

kakaru namida ya

kusu no tsuyu

tears that fall

upon the pinks,

dew from the camphor

Bashō (1684—94)

[925]

昔聞け　秩父殿さへ　すまふとり

芭蕉

mukashi kike

Chichibu-dono sae

sumōtori

let's hear the old story

of the Lord of Chichibu

as a sumo wrestler

Bashō (1684—94)

[926]

麦の穂を　便りにつかむ　別れかな

芭蕉

mugi no ho o

tayori ni tsukamu

wakare kana

I grasp and rely

on ears of grain

at our parting

Bashō (1694)

[927]

麦の穂を　力につかむ　別れ哉

芭蕉

mugi no ho o

chikara ni tsukamu

wakare kana

grasping hard

the ears of grain

at our parting

Bashō (1694)

[928]

別れ端や　笠手に提げて　夏羽織

芭蕉

wakare ba ya

kasa te ni sagete

natsu-baori

at the edge of parting

I take in hand my hat

and summer coat

Bashō (1694)

[929]

目にかかる　時やことさら　五月富士

芭蕉

me ni kakaru

toki ya kotosara

satsuki Fuji

it catches your eye,

especially this time of year—

Fuji in the fifth month

Bashō (1694)

[930]

どんみりと　樗や雨の　花曇り

芭蕉

donmiri to

ouchi ya ame no

hana-gumori

a bead tree,

dimly, through rain

and blossom-haze

Bashō (1694)

[931]

鶯や　竹の子薮に　老を鳴く

芭蕉

uguisu ya

take no ko yabu ni

oi o naku

a bush warbler

in a grove of young bamboo

sings an old song

Bashō (1694)

[932]

五月雨や　蚕煩ふ　桑の畑

芭蕉

samidare ya

kaiko wazurau

kuwa no hata

in fifth-month rain

a silkworm grows ill

in a mulberry field

Bashō (1694)

[933]

たわみては　雪待つ竹の　気色かな

芭蕉

tawamite wa

yuki matsu take no

keshiki kana

bent over

the bamboo 

waits for snow

Bashō (1694)

[934]

世を旅に　代掻く小田の　行き戻り

芭蕉

yo o tabi ni

shiro kaku oda no

yuki modori

travelling the world

tilling a small rice field

back and forth

Bashō (1694)

[935]

涼しさの　指図に見ゆる　住まひ哉

芭蕉

suzushisa no

sashizu ni miyuru

sumai kana

summer coolness

appears in the plans

for this house

Bashō (1694)

[936]

涼しさを　飛騨の工が　指図かな

芭蕉

suzushisa o

Hida no takumi ga

sashizu kana

summer coolness

in the Hida carpenter's 

house plans

Bashō (1694)

[937]

駿河路や　花橘も　茶の匂ひ

芭蕉

Suruga ji ya

hana tachibana mo

cha no nioi

on the road to Suruga

even the orange blossoms

have the scent of tea

Bashō (1694)

[938]

五月雨の　空吹き落せ　大井川

芭蕉

samidare no

sora fukio otose

Ōi-gawa

in fifth-month rain

the sky breathes down

the Ōigawa

Bashō (1694)

[939]

萵はまだ　青葉ながらに　茄子汁

芭蕉

chisa wa mada

aoba nagara ni

nasubi-jiru

the lettuce leaves

are yet green in this

eggplant soup

Bashō (1694)

[940]

烏賊売の　声まぎらはし　杜宇

芭蕉

ika uri no

koe magirawashi

hototogisu

the squid seller's 

call easily mistaken

for the cuckoo's

Bashō (1684—94)

[941]

花と実と　一度に瓜の　盛りかな

芭蕉

hana to mi to

ichi do ni uri no

sakari kana

flowers and fruit

and, at the same time,

melons at their best

Bashō (1684—94)

[942]

水鶏啼くと　人のいへばや　佐屋泊り

芭蕉

kuina naku to

hito no ie ba ya

Saya domari

the water rail

calls here, they say, so we'll

overnight in Saya

Bashō (1694)

[943]

この宿は　水鶏も知らぬ　扉かな

芭蕉

kono yado wa

kuina mo shira nu

toboso kana

this hut's door

unknown even to

the water rail

Bashō (1694)

[944]

涼しさや　直に野松の　枝の形

芭蕉

suzushisa ya

sugu ni no matsu no

eda no nari

in summer coolness

wild pine branches

grown straight

Bashō (1694)

[945]

降らずとも　竹植うる日は　蓑と笠

芭蕉

fura zu tomo

take ūru hi wa

mino to kasa

no rain yet

on bamboo-planting day

but raincoats and hats 

Bashō (year unknown)

[946]

柴付けし　馬のもどりや　田植樽

芭蕉

shiba tsukeshi

uma no modori ya

taue daru

the brushwood carried,

the horses return with

barrels for rice planting

Bashō (1694)

[947]

柴の戸の　月やそのまま　阿弥陀坊

芭蕉

shiba no to no

tsuki ya sono mama

Amida bō

a brushwood door,

the moon just as it was

for the priest Amida

Bashō (year unknown)

[948]

見所の　あれや野分の　後の菊

芭蕉

midokoro no

are ya nowaki no

nochi no kiku

it's quite a thing,

this chrysanthemum after

the autumn storm

Bashō (year unknown)

[949]

涼しさを　絵にうつしけり　嵯峨の竹

芭蕉

suzushisa o

e ni utsushi keri

Saga no take

summer coolness

traced in this painting

of the bamboo at Saga

Bashō (1694)

[950]

散る花や　鳥も驚く　琴の塵

芭蕉

chiru hana ya

tori mo odoroku

koto no chiri

flowers scatter 

and birds startle as dust 

flies from the koto

Bashō (year unknown)

[951]

清滝の　水汲ませてや　ところてん

芭蕉

kiyotaki no

mizu kuma se te ya

tokoroten

water drawn

from the Kiyotaki

for tokoroten

Bashō (1694)

[952]

清滝や　波に塵なき　夏の月

芭蕉

kiyotaki ya

nami ni chiri naki

natsu no tsuki

the Kiyotaki,

its waves untouched

by the summer moon

Bashō (1694)

[953]

大井川　波に塵なき　夏の月

芭蕉

Ōi-gawa

nami ni chiri naki

natsu no tsuki

the Ōi-gawa,

its waves untouched 

by the summer moon

Bashō (1694)

[954]

六月や　峰に雲置く　嵐山

芭蕉

rokugatsu ya

mine ni kumo oku

Arashiyama

in the sixth month,

clouds placed upon the peak

of Arashiyama

Bashō (1694)

[955]

柳行李　片荷は涼し　初真桑

芭蕉

yanagigōri

katani wa suzushi

hatsu makuwa

a wicker trunk

that bears the coolness

of the first melon

Bashō (1694)

[956]

朝露に　よごれて涼し　瓜の土

芭蕉

asatsuyu ni

yogore te suzushi

uri no tsuchi

in morning dew

these soiled and summer-cool

melons upon the earth

Bashō (1694)

[957]

松風の　落葉か風の　音涼し

芭蕉

matsu kaze no

ochiba ka mizu no

oto suzushi

do needles fall

in these pine winds?

the cool sound of water

Bashō (1684—94)

[958]

夏の夜や　崩れて明けし　冷しもの

芭蕉

natsu no yo ya

kuzurete akeshi

hiyashi mono

a summer night

that breaks up at dawn

and leaves all this chilled food

Bashō (1694)

[959]

飯あふぐ　嚊が馳走や　夕涼み

芭蕉

meshi augu

kaka ga chisō ya

yū suzumi

fanning the rice

a wife prepares a little treat

in the evening cool

Bashō (1694)

[960]

皿鉢も 　ほのかに闇の　宵涼み

芭蕉

sara bachi mo

honokani yami no

yoi suzumi

plates and bowls, too,

grow faint as things darken

into evening cool

Bashō (1694)

[961]

夕顔に　干瓢むいて　遊びけり

芭蕉

yūgao ni

kanpyō muite

asobi keri

moonflowers

as I play at peeling

a dried gourd

Bashō (1694)

[962]

瓜の皮　剥いたところや　蓮台野

芭蕉

uri no kawa 

mui ta tokoro ya

Rendaino

the rind of the melon

I peeled near the graves

of Rendaino

Bashō (1694)

[963]

松杉を　ほめてや風の　かをる音

芭蕉

matsu sugi o

homete ya kaze no

kaoru oto

pine and cedar

praised by the sound

of these fragrant winds

Bashō (1691)

[964]

さざ波や　風の薫の　相拍子

芭蕉

sazanami ya

kaze no kaori no

ai byōshi

rippling waves,

the fragrant wind matching

their rhythm

Bashō (1694)

[965]

湖や　暑さを惜しむ　雲の峰

芭蕉

mizuumi ya 

atsusa o oshimu

kumo no mine

above the lake

the summer heat spares

the clouded peaks

Bashō (1694)

[966]

ひらひらと　挙ぐる扇や　雲の峰

芭蕉

hira hira to

aguru ōgi ya

kumo no mine

flutteringly

a fan raised

to the clouded peaks

Bashō (1694)

[967]

景清も　花見の座には　七兵衛

芭蕉

Kagekiyo mo

hanami no za ni wa

Shichibyōe

Kagekiyo, too,

attends the flower viewing

with Shichibyōe

Bashō (year unknown)

[968]

稲妻や　顔のところが　薄の穂

芭蕉

inazuma ya

kao no tokoro ga

susuki no ho

a flash of lightning,

and where faces once were,

pampas grass

Bashō (1694)

[969]

稲妻や　闇も方行く　五位の声

芭蕉

inazuma ya

yami no kata yuku

goi no koe

a flash of lightning

through the darkness

a heron's voice

Bashō (1694)

[970]

蓮の香を　目にかよはすや　面の鼻

芭蕉 

hasu no ka o

me ni kayowasu ya

men no hana

the scent of lotus

reaches the eye through

the nose of the Noh mask

Bashō (1694)

[971]

道ほそし　相撲取り草の　花の露

芭蕉

michi hososhi

sumōtori-gusa no

hana no tsuyu

a narrow pathway

of sumōtori-grass,

dew upon its flowers

Bashō (1694)

[972]

紫陽草や　帷子時の　薄浅黄

芭蕉

ajisai ya

katabira-doki no

usu asagi

hydrangea

in the light-robe season

a pale blue

Bashō (1684—94)

[973]

七夕や　秋を定むる　はじめの夜

芭蕉

Tanabata ya

aki o sadamuru

hajime no yo

at Tanabata

autumn sets in

this first night

Bashō (1694)

[974]

七夕や　秋を定むる　夜のはじめ

芭蕉

Tanabata ya 

aki o sadamuru

yo no hajime

at Tanabata

autumn sets in

as night begins

Bashō (1694)

[975]

ひやひやと　壁をふまへて　昼寝哉

芭蕉

hiya hiya to

kabe o fumaete

hiru ne kana

how cool

my feet upon the wall

as I nap

Bashō (1694)

[976]

秋近き　心の寄るや　四畳半

芭蕉

aki chikaki

kokoro no yoru ya

yo jō han

as autumn nears

the heart longs for

a four-and-a-half mat room

Bashō (1694)

[977]

家はみな　杖に白髪の　墓参り

芭蕉

ie wa mina

tsue ni shiraga no

haka mairi

all the household,

white-haired and walking-sticked,

visit the graves

Bashō (1694)

[978]

数ならぬ　身とな思ひそ　玉祭

芭蕉

kazu naru nu

mi to na omoi so

tama matsuri

do not think

that you did not count

at the festival of the dead

Bashō (1694)

[979]

行く秋や　手をひろげたる　栗の毬

芭蕉

yuku aki ya

te o hiroge taru

kuri no iga

in departing autumn

the open hand

of the chesnutt burr

Bashō (1694)

[980]

わが宿は　四角な影を　窓の月

芭蕉

waga yado wa

shikakuna kage o

mado no tsuki

in my hut

a square of light

the moon window

Bashō (1684—94)

[981]

里古りて　柿の木持たぬ　家もなし

芭蕉

sato furite

kaki no ki mota nu

ie mo nashi

an old village, 

not a single house without

a persimmon tree

Bashō (1694)

[982]

名月に　麓の霧や　田の曇り

芭蕉

meigetsu ni

fumoto no kiri ya

ta no kumori

the bright moon—

fog upon the foothills,

clouds above rice fields

Bashō (1694)

[983]

名月の　花かと見えて　綿畠

芭蕉

meigetsu no

hana ka to miete

wata-batake

the bright moon 

as though flowering

the cotton field

Bashō (1694)

[984]

風色や　しどろに植ゑし　庭の萩

芭蕉

kazairo ya

shidoro ni ue shi

niwa no hagi

the colour of wind—

a haphazardly planted

garden of bush clover

Bashō (1694)

[985]

風色や　しどろに植ゑし　庭の秋

芭蕉

kazairo ya

shidoro ni ue shi

niwa no aki

the colour of wind—

a haphazardly planted

garden in autumn

Bashō (1694)

[986]

風色や　しどろに植ゑし　庭の荻

芭蕉

kazairo ya

shidoro ni ue shi

niwa no ogi

the colour of wind—

a haphazardly planted 

garden of reeds

Bashō (1694)

[987]

冬瓜や　たがひに変る　顔の形

芭蕉

tōgan ya

tagai ni kawaru

kao no nari

these winter melons—

what changes there have been

to our faces

Bashō (1694)

[988]

今宵誰　吉野の月も　十六里

芭蕉

koyoi tare

Yoshino no tsuki mo

jūroku ri

who else tonight

sees the moon of Yoshino

sixteen miles away

Bashō (1694)

[989]

鶏頭や　雁の来る時　なほあかし

芭蕉

keitō ya

kari no kuru toki

nao akashi

cockscomb flowers

when the wild geese come

turn redder still

Bashō (1694)

[990]

顔に似ぬ　発句も出でよ　初桜

芭蕉

kao ni ninu

hokku mo ideyo

hatsu zakura

we'll write hokku

that resemble not our faces

but first cherry blossoms

Bashō (1694)

[991]

蕎麦はまだ　花でもてなす　山路かな

芭蕉

soba wa mada

hana de motenasu

yamaji kana

soba flowers

still offer their welcome

along the mountain path

Bashō (1694)

[992]

びいと啼く　尻声悲し　夜の鹿

芭蕉

bii to naku

shirigoe kanashi

yoru no shika

the sad cry

and lingering voice

of the night deer

Bashō (1694)

[993]

日にかかる　雲やしばしの　渡り鳥

芭蕉

hi ni kakaru

kumo ya shibashi no

watari dori

the sun covered

in cloud, but briefly—

birds of passage

Bashō (1684—94)

[994]

菊の香に　くらがり登る　節句かな

芭蕉

kiku no ka ni

Kuragari noboru

Sekku kana

the scent of chrysanthemums

climbs through the dark pass

at festival time

Bashō (1694)

[995]

菊の香や　奈良には古き　仏達

芭蕉

kiku no ka ya

Nara ni wa furuki

hotoke tachi

the scent of chrysanthemums

in Nara alongside

the ancient Buddhas

Bashō (1694)

[996]

菊の香や　奈良は幾代の　男ぶり

芭蕉

kiku no ka ya

Nara wa iku yo no

otoko buri

the scent of chrysanthemums—

in Nara, long ago,

a handsome man

Bashō (1694)

[997]

菊に出て奈良と難波は宵月夜

芭蕉

kiku ni dete

Nara to Naniwa wa

yoi zukiyo

Nara's chrysanthemums 

left behind for Naniwa

and its crescent-moon night

Bashō (1694)

[998]

猪の　床にも入るや　きりぎりす

芭蕉

inoshishi no

toko ni mo iru ya

kirigirisu

it enters even

the lair of the boar,

this cricket

Bashō (1694)

[999]

おもしろき　秋の朝寝や　亭主ぶり

芭蕉

omoshiroki

aki no asane ya

teishu buri

how fine it is

to sleep late in autumn

like you run the place

Bashō (1694)

[1000]

松風や　軒をめぐつて　秋暮れぬ

芭蕉

matsu kaze ya

noki o megutte

aki kurenu

the pine winds

patrol the eaves

as autumn leaves us

Bashō (1694)

[1001]

升買うて　分別替る　月見哉

芭蕉

masu kōte

funbetsu kawaru

tsukimi kana

bought a measuring box

and changed my mind about

moonviewing

Bashō (1694)

[1002]

秋もはや　ばらつく雨に　月の形

芭蕉

aki mo haya

baratsuku ame ni

tsuki no nari

already autumn—

through big drops of rain,

the shape of the moon

Bashō (1694)

[1003]

新藁の　出初めて早き　時雨哉

芭蕉

shin wara no

de some te hayaki

shigure kana

the new rice-straw

that appears already

in this winter rain

Bashō (1684—94)

[1004]

秋の夜を　打ち崩したる　咄かな

芭蕉

aki no yo o

uchi kuzushitaru

hanashi kana

an autumn night

struck and shattered

by talk

Bashō (1694)

[1005]

人声や　この道帰る　秋の暮

芭蕉

hito goe ya

kono michi kaeru

aki no kure

human voices

return along this road

in autumn twilight

Bashō (1694)

[1006]

この道や　行く人なしに　秋の暮

芭蕉

kono michi ya

yuku hito nashi ni

aki no kure

this road

that no one goes down

in autumn twilight

Bashō (1694)

[1007]

この秋は　何で年寄る　雲に鳥

芭蕉

kono aki wa

nande toshi yoru

kumo ni tori

this autumn

why do I grow so old?

a bird in the clouds

Bashō (1694)

[1008]

白菊の　目に立てて見る　塵もなし

芭蕉

shira-giku no

me ni tatete miru

chiri mo nashi

looking extra closely

at these white chrysanthemums

not a speck of dust

Bashō (1694)

[1009]

月澄むや　狐こはがる　児の供

芭蕉

tsuki sumu ya

kitsune kowagaru

chigo no tomo

how clear the moon

as I escort a child

frightened by a fox

Bashō (1694)

[1010]

秋深き　隣は何を　する人ぞ

芭蕉

aki fukaki

to nari wa nani o

suru hito zo

my neighbour—

how does he live?

autumn deepens

Bashō (1694)

[1011]

清滝や　波に散り込む　青松葉

芭蕉

kiyotaki ya

nami ni chiri komu

ao matsuba

the Kiyotaki,

its waves untouched

by green pine needles

Bashō (1694)

[1012]

旅に病んで　夢は枯野を　かけ迴る

芭蕉

tabi ni yande

yume wa kare no o

kake meguru

fallen ill on a journey

my dreams wander

over withered fields

Bashō (1694)