The summer grasses—
For many brave warriors
The aftermath of dreams.
夏草や
兵どもが
夢の跡
natsukusa ya
tsuwamonodomo ga
yume no ato
兵どもが
夢の跡
natsukusa ya
tsuwamonodomo ga
yume no ato
Original text (Japanese)
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Notes from Wikiquote
Donald Keene, Travelers of a Hundred Ages, New York, 1999, p. 316 (Translation: Donald Keene) | Matsuo Bashō, The Narrow Road to Oku, Tokyo, 1996, p. 87 (Translation: Donald Keene)