Matsushima, Yamadera, Hiraizumi: Basho was here.
Ten thousand pine islands, ten thousand mountain temples, ten thousand gold leaves on the ancient ground.
Basho at Hiraizumi: Summer grasses / all that remains of great soldiers’ / imperial dreams
Basho at Yamadera: Lonely stillness / a single cicada’s cry / sinking into stone
Basho at Matsushima: Pine Islands, ah! / Oh, Pine Islands, ah! / Pine Islands, ah!
~Haiku by Basho (tr-Hamill)
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