I see now
that this dewdrop life
is not regrettable
as it's destined to be
a pearl on the lotus.
Sanekata Fujiwara (died 998, Japan - a poet of the Heian Period.)
Even if I know
I will turn into a pearl
on the lotus leaf,
I still wet my sleeves with tears
like morning dew.
Michitsuna Fujiwara's Mother
(Tenth-century Japan - a poet of the Heian Period - her personal name is lost to history.)
Faraway mountains
reflected on the eyeballs
of a dragonfly.
Issa Kobayashi (1763-1824, Japan - a haiku poet of the late Edo period.)
