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watertank ([personal profile] watertank) wrote2009-07-22 09:03 pm
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хайку. Кобаяши Исса. Kobayashi Issa 1807

はつ霜や何を願ひのきりぎりす
hatsu shimo ya naniwo negai no kirigirisu

first frost--
what are you praying for
katydid?

translated by David Lanoue

первый иней -
о чем молишься,
кузнечик?