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Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Nightfall in Autumn




Here's a haiku by the Japanese master, Matsuo Bashō.

On a withered branch
a crow has alighted ~
nightfall in autumn.

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かれ朶に
烏のとまりけり
秋の暮

kare eda ni
karasu no tomarikeri
aki no kure


(朶=えだ)

Other translations are here: (haiku number 4).