Text #120.

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by #1. Matsuo Bashô (松尾芭蕉)

Season:
Spring  
Subject:
Departing, spring, sorrow  
Commentary:
The second poem in Oku no Hosomichi, it relates Bashô's sorrow at parting.
Japanese:
行春や
鳥啼魚の
目は泪
Romanization:
Yuku haru ya
tori naki uo no
me wa namida
Translation #121:
Spring departing—
the birds cry out
and the eyes of the fish
are full of tears

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(edit)Spring departing— / the birds cry out / and the eyes of the f…
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(edit)The passing spring, / Birds mourn, / Fish weep / With tearful…

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#122.
Available on page 24 of The Narrow Road to Oku.

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