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I am one
Who eats his breakfast,
Gazing at morning glories.

— Matsuo Bashō

朝顔に
我は飯食ふ
男かな
asagao ni
ware wa meshi kû
otoko kana

Original text (Japanese)

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Notes from Wikiquote

The Way of Silence: The Prose and Poetry of Basho (1970), Richard Lewis

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