my old body:
a drop of dew grown
heavy at the leaf tip
****
oi no me ya
hazue no omaru
tsuyu no tama
Kida d.1968 (90 years)
****
like dewdrops
on a lotus leaf
I vanish
****
hasu no ha no
tsuyu to kieyuku
wagami tana
Senryu d.1827
****
to grass it comes
and turns to grass:
a drop of dew
kusa ni kite
kusa ni kaeru ya
tsuyu no tama
Shikatu d. 1767 (53 years)
****
I wish this body
might be dew in a field
of flowers
hana no negai
hanano no tsuyu to
naro mi kana
Tembo d. 1823 (83 years)
****
even dew distilled
from a thousand herbs
can't cure this illness
shisho ni wa
chigusa no tsuyu no
gen mo nashi
Tojun d. 1695 (73 years)
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