Wasser im Reisfeld
ich höre den Vollmond und
sehe die Frösche

Yosa Buson (1716-1783)

Looking across the flooded rice paddies
I listen to the moon
as I gaze at the frogs

Collected Haiku of Yosa Buson. Translated by W.S. Merwin & Takako Lento. Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press 2013. 39.