A Dog's Awakening.
Takara Temple --
a dog wakes up and turns its head
then chases after a pheasant.
Translation: 白ç‹
[YB104]
muku to okite
kiji ou inu ya
takara-dera.
turns-head-then -- while-waking-up /
pheasant -- chasing -- dog -- and /
Takara-(Buddhist-)Temple.
Source: "Collected Haiku of Yosa Buson",
translated by W.S. Merwin & Takako Lento,
. . . but in my opinion it leaves a lot to be desired !!
Japanese only in Romaji, so no kanji to make sure.
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