Sogetsu-ni (Imaizumi Sogetsuni) (?-1804)

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divine mystery
in these autumn leaves that fall
on stony buddhas

As the festival dancing dies,
the sound of the wind in the pine trees
and the insects’ voices.

after the Dance for the Dead
only pine winds to bring
these insect cries

the sky clears
and the moon and the snow
are one color.