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Skylark

Matsuo Basho, Matsuo Basho poetry, Buddhist, Buddhist poetry, Zen / Chan poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry by Matsuo Basho
(1644 - 1694) Timeline

English version by
Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto

Original Language
Japanese
Buddhist : Zen / Chan
17th Century

Skylark
sings all day,
and day not long enough.

 

 

-- from Zen Poetry: Let the Spring Breeze Enter, Translated by Lucien Stryk / Translated by Takashi Ikemoto

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