Text #125.

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by #1. Matsuo Bashô (松尾芭蕉)

Season:
Autumn  
Subject:
Departing, clams, Futami  
Commentary:
Final poem in Oku no Hosomichi; it can be read a number of different ways.
Japanese:
蛤の
ふたみにわかれ
行秋ぞ
Romanization:
hamaguri no
futami ni wakare
yuku aki zo
Translation #126:
Dividing like clam
and shell, I leave for Futami—
Autumn is passing by

List of translations:

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#126.
(edit)Dividing like clam / and shell, I leave for Futami— / Autumn …
#150.
(edit)I'm like a clam pulled apart / Its body ripped from the shell…

Related texts.

See also:

#120.
(edit)行春や / 鳥啼魚の / 目は泪 Yuku haru ya / tori naki uo no / me wa namida Spring departing— / the birds cry out / and the eyes of the f…

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References.

Books:

#122.
Available on page 176 of The Narrow Road to Oku.

Websites:

#51.
Available at Japanese Text Initiative.

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