Clear dawn
enters
the ancient temple

Chang Jian
常建

The moon swift
the branches still holding
the rain

Matsuo Basho
松尾 芭蕉

Dawn-light
flaring
below the east horizon

Chu Ci
楚辭

The sun
silently setting
into the stone

Yosa Buson
与謝 蕪村

Fragrant wind
held in the depths
pine flowers

Chiyo-ni
福田 千代尼

From the branch
that touches the sky
plum blossoms open

Yumiko Katayama
片山由美子

While I walk on
the moon keeps pace beside me
friend in the water

Mizuta Masahide
水田 正秀

On the first day
the pristine swish
of the wind in the pines

Uejima Onitsura
上島鬼貫

The edge of the rock
here is another caller
on the moon

Mukai Kyorai
向井 去来