perhaps I'll be oneof those happy peopleold at the year's endmedetaki hito nokazu ni mo ira noi no kure~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold

opening the fireplacethe plasterer is getting oldfrost on his sideburnsrobiraki yasakan oi yukubin no shimo~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold

beard blown by windlamenting late in autumnwho is this childhige kaze o fuiteboshu tanzuru wata ga ko zo~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold

glistening dewnot spilling from bush cloverstill it swaysshira tsuyu mokobosa nu hagi nouneri kana~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold

every morningpracticing to improvea cricketasa na asa natenarai susumukirigirisu~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold

chrysanthemum flowersbloom at the stonemason'sbetween stoneskiku no hanasaku ya ishiya noishi no ai~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold

growing oldone does not even know itafter fortyORgrowing oldone who doesn't even know itis the chickadeeoi no ma noari tomo shira deshijukara~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold

my dwellingthe moon's square of lightat the windowwaga yado washikakuna kage omado no tsuki~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold

under the spilled cupflows the chrysanthemumon the flowered traysakizuki noshita yuku kiku yakutsuki bon~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold

autumn nightdashed to bitsin conversationaki no yo ouchi kuzushitaruhanashi kana~BashoTranslated by Jane Reichhold