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'Alas for mortality! / underneath the helmet / a grasshopper' by Kuniharu Shimizu. Haiku by Matsuo Basho. Translated by Donald Keene


Donald Keene (Translation)
12 May 2010

Haiku by Matsuo Basho

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Poem Text or Excerpt:

Alas for mortality!
underneath the helmet
a grasshopper

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:

Alas, mortality, underneath, helmet, grasshopper, human, irony, nature, death, Matsuo Basho, Narrow Road to Oku, digital art, abstract, color, haiku

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