Ancient
    Gardens  

 

 


Which of these leaves
Will be the first to fall?
   Ask the wind!
   In my old home
which I forsook, the cherries
are in bloom.

Won't you come and see
loneliness? Just one leaf
from the willow tree.
Temple bells die out.
The fragrant blossoms remain.
A perfect evening


Clouds appear
and bring to men a chance to rest
from looking at the moon.

 

A lovely thing to see:
through the paper window's hole,
the Galaxy.


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