Three haiku by Matsuo Basho
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 12:35 pm
toki!
ni li toki musi lili. tenpo pini la, jan Masuo Paso (?) pali e ona. mi pana e toki pona tawa ona. ona li pona tawa sina la, o toki e ni tawa mi! sina wile pona e ona la, o toki e ni kin.
kalama ala
kalama pipi li
tawa insa kiwen
shizukasa ya
iwa ni shimiiru
semi no koe - original
stillness--
sinking into the rocks,
cicadas' cry - Barnhill tr.
kama lete la
waso pimeja li lon
palisa moli
kare eda ni
karasu no tomarikeri
aki no kure - original
on a withered branch
a crow has settled--
autumn evening - Barnhill tr.
kama lete la
jan ante ala li tawa
lon nasin ni
kono michi ya
yuku hito nashi ni
aki no kure - original
this road--
with no one on it,
autumn dusk - Barnhill tr.
ni li toki musi lili. tenpo pini la, jan Masuo Paso (?) pali e ona. mi pana e toki pona tawa ona. ona li pona tawa sina la, o toki e ni tawa mi! sina wile pona e ona la, o toki e ni kin.
kalama ala
kalama pipi li
tawa insa kiwen
shizukasa ya
iwa ni shimiiru
semi no koe - original
stillness--
sinking into the rocks,
cicadas' cry - Barnhill tr.
kama lete la
waso pimeja li lon
palisa moli
kare eda ni
karasu no tomarikeri
aki no kure - original
on a withered branch
a crow has settled--
autumn evening - Barnhill tr.
kama lete la
jan ante ala li tawa
lon nasin ni
kono michi ya
yuku hito nashi ni
aki no kure - original
this road--
with no one on it,
autumn dusk - Barnhill tr.