I come weary

by Matsuo Basho

Translated by William George Aston and published in A History of Japanese Literature, Chapter IV (1899). I come weary was written by Matsuo Basho in 1688. Basho was considered the master of the haiku poetry form.

　　I come weary, In search of an inn— Ah! these wisteria flowers!

Japanese:（くたびれてやどかるころやふじのはな）kutabirete / yado karu koro ya / fuji no hana

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