Kobayashi Issa poems

Kobayashi Issa(1763 - 1827 / Kashiwabara / Japan)
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A cuckoo sings

- by Kobayashi Issa 54

A cuckoo sings
to 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 Buddha
I keep on
killing mosquitoes.

Translated by Robert Hass

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