Kobayashi Issa poems
Kobayashi Issa(1763 - 1827 / Kashiwabara / Japan)
A cuckoo sings
- by Kobayashi Issa 54
A cuckoo singsto me, to the mountain,
to me, to the mountain.
Translated by Robert Hass
All the time I pray to Buddha
- by Kobayashi Issa 47
All the time I pray to BuddhaI keep on
killing mosquitoes.
Translated by Robert Hass