Dawn

In spring rain
All things grow beautiful.
- Chiyo-Ni


Daylight
Clouds come
Clouds go
Above the maple leaves
At the waterfall
- Soseki


Dusk
In the blue darkening sky
The moon paints a pine tree.
- Ranetsu


Moonlight
The sky clears
And the moon and the snow
Are one colour.
- Sogetsu-Ni


from The Moon in the Pines, Zen Haiku
selected and translated by Jonathan Clements