Since my house
Burned down, I now own
A better view
of the rising moon

- Masahide

From "Haiku Harvest," The Peter Pauper Press, 1962. Translations by Peter Beilenson and Harry Behn
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Barn's burnt down --
now
I can see the moon.

Il tetto si è bruciato --
ora
posso vedere la luna.

蔵焼けて
障るものなき
月見哉

Mizuta Masahide 水田 正秀

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