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A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

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102 <strong>Japanese</strong> Miscellany<br />

Wata-tori no<br />

Kasa ya tombo no<br />

Hitotsu-zutsu.<br />

Look at the bamboo-hats <strong>of</strong> the cotton-pickers I — there<br />

is a dragon-fly perched on each <strong>of</strong> them !<br />

Lo !<br />

Nagare-yuku<br />

Awa ni yume miru<br />

Tombo kana<br />

the dragon-fly dreams a dream above the flowing<br />

<strong>of</strong> the foam-bubbles<br />

!<br />

Uki-kusa no<br />

Hana ni asobu ya,<br />

Aka-tombo<br />

See the red dragon-fly sporting about the blossoms <strong>of</strong><br />

the water-weed<br />

!<br />

Tombo no<br />

Hitoshio akashi<br />

Fuchi no ue.<br />

Much more red seems the red dragon-fly when hovering<br />

above the pool.<br />

Tsuri-beta no<br />

Sao ni kite neru<br />

Tombo kana<br />

See I the dragon-fly settles down to sleep on the rod <strong>of</strong><br />

the unskilful angler I

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