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What a strange thing! to be alivebeneath cherry blossoms.Kobayashi Issa
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Never forget:we walk on hell, gazing at flowers.Kobayashi Issa
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In the cherry blossom's shadethere's no such thingas a stranger.Kobayashi Issa
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On the Death of his ChildDew Evaporates And all our world is dew...so dear, So fresh, so fleetingKobayashi Issa
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Summer night--even the starsare whispering to each other.Kobayashi Issa
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HereI'm here-the snow falling.Kobayashi Issa
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Before the gate --my walking stick's made a riverof melting snowKobayashi Issa
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This dewdrop world Is but a dewdrop world And yet –Kobayashi Issa
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Hi! My little hut Is newly-thatched I see... Blue morning-gloriesKobayashi Issa
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In the city fields Contemplating cherry-trees... Strangers are like friendsKobayashi Issa
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O snail Climb Mount FujiBut slowly, slowly!Kobayashi Issa
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Where there are humans, You'll find flies, And Buddhas.Kobayashi Issa
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Arise from sleep, old cat, And with great yawns and stretchings... Amble out for loveKobayashi Issa
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Don't kill!. .. The fly is asking you To save his life By rubbing his hands togetherKobayashi Issa