Spring · Blossoms · 桜 sakura
Perched upon the temple-bell, the butterfly sleeps:
釣鐘に とまりて眠る 胡蝶かな
tsurigane ni · tomarite nemuru · kochō kana
Trans. Lafcadio Hearn, Kwaidan (1904), p. 188; Hearn does not name the poet; lines re-broken
Spring · Blossoms · 桜 sakura
釣鐘に とまりて眠る 胡蝶かな
tsurigane ni · tomarite nemuru · kochō kana
Trans. Lafcadio Hearn, Kwaidan (1904), p. 188; Hearn does not name the poet; lines re-broken