Piping autumn wind

by Matsuo Basho

Translated from Complete Basho Haiku in Japanese by Dmitri N. Smirnov in 2003. Piping autumn wind was written by Matsuo Basho in 1666. Basho was considered the master of the haiku poetry form.

Kanō Eitoku, Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons, 16th century

　　Рiping autumn wind blows with wild piercing voice through the sliding door...

Japanese:あきかぜのやりどのくちやとがりごえakikaze no / yarido no kuchi ya / togari goe

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