Short summer night.
A dewdrop
On the back of a hairy caterpillar.
Author: Yosa Buson (1716 - 1784)
Buson (1716-1784) was one of the greatest Japanese painters of all time and a leading master of haikai. For more on Buson, click here.
evening breeze . . .
water laps the legs
of the blue heron
Four or five men dance in a circle.
Above them
The moon is about to drop.