Among Parsley.

An old Buddhist temple,
a pan of clay is thrown away
into a patch of parsley.

At Seryû village
a green-leafed weeping willow
among parsley.

A narrow path
comes to a dead end
among parsley.


[白狐]

[Yosa Buson #45-17-44.]

furu-dera ya
houroku suteru
seri no naka.

ao-yagi ya
seryuu no sato no
seri no naka.

korekiri ni
komichi tsukitari
seri no naka.

"old-(Buddhist)-temple / earthenware-baking-pan
throwing-away-(someone) / parsley in(to)-the-middle-of."

"green(-leafed)-(weeping)-willow -- / Seryû's village-at /
parsley in-the-middle-of."

"to-this-cut-off / narrow-path reach (arrive, come) /
parsley in-the-middle-of."

Source haiku: The Collected Haiku Of Yosa Buson,
translated by W.S. Merwin & Takako Lento.
[Who did a piss-poor job at it, by the way !!]

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