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'Shake your tomb, reply! / my voice that weeps for you / is the autumn wind' by Kuniharu Shimizu. Haiku by Matsuo Basho. Translated by Donald Keene.


Donald Keene (Translation)
25 April 2010

Haiku by Matsuo Basho

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Poem Text or Excerpt:

Shake your tomb, reply!
my voice that weeps for you
is the autumn wind

Creator:

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Translator:

Donald Keene

Publication Notes:

Haiku published in "The Narrow Road to Oku" by Matsuo Basho.

Editorial Notes:

Haiku by Matsuo Basho

Keywords:

Shake, your, tomb, reply, voice, weeps, you, autumn, wind, grief, loss, death, human silence, endings, seasons, grass, cloud, Matsuo Basho, Narrow Road to Oku, digital art, abstract, color, haiku

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