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  • on A huge frog and I by Kobayashi Issa, on April 9, 2004
    these are the best translations I've read. I don't know Japanese but they do what these guys wanted to do - philosophising and being humble. They seem to me to lack a punch with most translations. here's another translation i found which illustrates this-

    Frog and I,
    eyeball
    to eyeball.



    Edited on Apr 09, 6:40 because ''.

  • on In my desolation by Ono no Komachi, on April 5, 2004
    Cheers for that Gary

  • on Upon my breast by Ono no Komachi, on April 5, 2004
    Sitting on a deck. you must be joking