Lotus Flowers
(August 8)
I put in the alcove
A vase of pink lotus flowers
And the house is filled with their scent.
As if to say
Things of the world
Come to nought in the end,
A petal of a lotus bloom
Begins to fall.
At the Temple Yard
On the face of a stone monument
Where Basho’s lyric is carved,
Basket-worms crawl.
Buckwheat Flowers
By the fields of corn and millet
Where autumnal decay holds its sway,
The field of buckwheat is in full bloom.
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