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Buson, (1716 - 1783)

The slow day;
a pheasant
settles on the bridge
   
  The sparrow is singing,
its small mouth
open.
 
    Someone is living there;
smoke leaks through the wall,
in the spring rain.
  Lighting one candle
with another candle;
an evening of spring.
 
Tilling the field:
the man who asked the way
has disappeared
   
  Bags of seeds
being wetted
by the spring rain.
 

 


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