On the Road, by BASHO
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Tired,
looking for a place to stay;
hanging wisteria.
The jars of octopus--
brief dreams
under the summer moon.
Exciting at first,
then sad,
watching the cormorant-fishing.
Blowing stones
along the road on Mount Asama,
the autumn wind.
Seeing people off,
being seen off--
autumn in Kiso.
It’s not like anything
they compare it to--
the summer moon.
From “The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson and Issa” edited by Robert Haas. (The Ecco Press: $25.) 1994 Reprinted by permission.
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