# Japanese Poems (Matsuo Basho's famous haiku poems)

1. 草の戸も　住替る代ぞ　ひなの家

Kusa no to mo/ Sumikawaru yo zo/ Hina no ie

A owner of the old thatched hut

Is also changed to another

It’s the Doll’s Festival.

2. 行春や　鳥啼き魚の　目は泪

Yuku haru ya/ Tori naki uwo no/ Me wa namida

Spring is passing.

The birds cry, and the fishes’ eyes are 

With tears.

3. 夏草や　兵どもが　夢の跡

Natsu kusa ya/ Tsuwamono domo ga/ Yume no ato

The summer grasses.

All that remains

Of warriors’ dreams.

4. 五月雨の　降のこしてや　光堂

Samidare no/ Furinokosite ya/ Hikari-do

The early summer rain

Fall and fall yet

Leave untouched Hikari-do Hall.

5. 閑けさや　岩にしみいる　蝉の声

Shizukesa ya/ Iwa ni shimiiru/ Semi no koe

Oh, tranquility!

Penetrating the very rock,

A cicada’s voice.

Translated by Helen Craig Mccullough

6. 五月雨を　あつめてはやし　最上川

Samidare wo/ Atsumete Hayashi/ Mogamigawa

The rains of summer join together.

How swift it is

Mogami River.

7. 古池や　蛙飛び込む　水の音

Furuike ya/ Kawazu tobikomu/ Mizu no oto

The old pond

A frog leaps in.

Sound of the water.

8. 物いへば　唇寒し　秋の風

Mono ie ba/ Kuchibiru samushi/ Aki no kaze

When you say something,

The lip feel cold.

The Autumn wind.

9. 粽結ふ　片手にはさむ　額髪

Chimaki yu/ Katate ni hasamu/ Hitai gami 

While rolling the Chimaki dumpling,

The other hand hold,

Her bangs. 

10. 旅に病んで　夢は枯野を　かけ廻る

Tabi ni yande/ Yume wa kareno wo/ Kake meguru 

Sicking on journey,

My dream run about

A desolate field.