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Winter garden

Winter garden,
the moon thinned to a thread,
   insects singing.
   

Translated by Robert Hass

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  • philophant
    December 12, 2003
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    A pretty picture, but behind it all, trust the mosquitoes to ruin it. "Moon thinned to a thread"...a good line. When he says "insects singing"...I could see at once the cheeky impudence of those blood varmits. "Singing" cannotes something cheerful, happy. I think mosquitoes are the happiest critters that were ever dispised by the human race.

    • DogFish
      February 24
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      Seeing moons like these I've wondered how to do them justice; few poets have picked up the challenge. Basho does well...as usual!