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Even in Kyōto—
hearing the cuckoo's cry—
I long for Kyōto

— Matsuo Bashō

京にても
京なつかしや
時鳥
kyou nitemo
kyou natsukashi ya
hototogisu

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Notes from Wikiquote

Robert Hass (1994) The Essential Haiku: Versions of Bashō, Buson, and Issa | Basho, On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho, London, 1985, p. 43 (Translation: Lucien Stryk)

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