At a hermitage:
A cool fall night--
getting dinner, we peeled
eggplants, cucumbers.
Translated by Robert Hass
Amaxing imagery. Preoccupation is a good distraction but coukd lead yo destruction of the very purpose. This us a fun poem.
(A Cool Fall Night - Poem by Matsuo Basho.) **Humble meal on a cold night- centuries ago, but never to be forgotten.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Congrats on your poem's selection as POD....