| In the crickets' songs | |
| it cannot be heard that they -- | |
| will die tomorrow. | |
| Je kunt niet horen | Man hört dem Gesang |
| aan het lied van de krekel -- | der Grille nicht an, dass sie -- |
| dat hij morgen sterft. | morgen sterben wird. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-10
Eventually, I'll die (Basho) - 1690
Haiku by Basho (1643-1694), from 1690, included in the 1986 collection "Japanese Death Poems", compiled by Yoel Hoffmann: "Yagate shinu / keshiki wa miezu / semi no koe" ("No sign / in the cicada's song / that it will soon be gone")
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Keywords: Flying: grasshopper / cricket, Life: lust (impulse)
Tribute to: Basho
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