Nozawa Bonchō Biography

naganaga to
kawa hito suji ya
yuki no hara

The long, long river
A single line
On the snowy plain
...

mono no oto
hitori taoruru
kagashi kana

A sound of something!
The scarecrow has fallen down
of itself.
...

kiri no ki no
kaze ni kamawanu
ochiba kana

When no wind at all
...

Throwing away the ashes,
The white plum-blossoms
Became cloudy.
...

Love.
So many different ways
to have been in love.
...