[An ancient pond!]
An ancient pond!
With a sound from the water
Of the frog as it plunges in.
—Translation by William George Aston
This poem is in the public domain.
translated by William George Aston
The cry of the cicada
Gives us no sign
That presently it will die.
‘Twas the new moon!
Since then I waited—
And lo! to-night!
[I have my reward!]
—Translation by William George Aston
Ah! the waving lespedeza,
Which spills not a drop
Of the clear dew!
—Translation by William George Aston