Autumn · Leaves · 紅葉 momiji
A stem of grass, whereon in vain A dragon-fly essayed to light!
蜻蜒や 取りつきかねし 草の上
tonbō ya · toritsuki kaneshi · kusa no ue
Trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 309; lines re-broken
Autumn · Leaves · 紅葉 momiji
蜻蜒や 取りつきかねし 草の上
tonbō ya · toritsuki kaneshi · kusa no ue
Trans. B. H. Chamberlain, Bashō and the Japanese Poetical Epigram (1902), p. 309; lines re-broken