Spring passes
and the birds cry out—tears
in the eyes of fishes
行く春や
鳥啼き魚の
目は泪
yuku haru ya
tori naki uo no
me wa namida
鳥啼き魚の
目は泪
yuku haru ya
tori naki uo no
me wa namida
Original text (Japanese)
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Notes from Wikiquote
Matsuo Bashō, Narrow Road to the Interior and other writings, Boston, 2000, p. 4 (Translation: Sam Hamill) | Matsuo Bashō, The Narrow Road to Oku, Tokyo, 1996, p. 23 (Translation: Donald Keene)