Dawn
In spring rain
All things grow beautiful.
- Chiyo-Ni
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Daylight
Clouds come
Clouds go
Above the maple leaves
At the waterfall
- Soseki
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Dusk
In the blue darkening sky
The moon paints a pine tree.
- Ranetsu
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Moonlight
The sky clears
And the moon and the snow
Are one colour.
- Sogetsu-Ni
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from The Moon in the Pines, Zen Haiku
selected and translated by Jonathan Clements |