10 September 2010

Eitai Bridge over Sumida River in Tokyo (Japan)

Hatsu yuki ya 
kakekakaritaru 
ashi no ue 
First now
on the bridge 
under construction
Mina idete hashi 
o itadaku 
shimoji kana

everybody comes out
to use the new bridge
nd the frosty road . . .


Two haiku poems by Matsuo Basho