“This autumn-why am I growing old?bird disappearing among clouds.”

“Sadly, I part from you;Like a clam torn from its shell,I go, and autumn too.”

“Old pond — frogs jumped in — sound of water”

“Harvest moon: around the pond I wander and the night is gone.”

“Even in Kyoto/Hearing the cuckoo's cry/I long for Kyoto”

“How much I desire!Inside my little satchel,the moon, and flowers”

“Ganjin of Sho ¯daiji Temple endured seventy adversities in his attempts to come to Japan from China. He is said to have lost his sight due to the salt wind blown into his eyes. Worshipping at his sacred image: with a young leaf I would wipe the tears from your eyes”