75 ["Wake, butterfly"]
By Bashō
Translated By Lucien Stryk
Wake, butterfly—
it's late, we've miles
to go together.
Copyright Credit: Basho, "75 [”Wake, butterfly”]" from On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho translated by Lucien Stryk. Copyright © 1986 by Lucien Stryk. Reprinted by permission of Estate of Lucien Stryk.
Source: On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho translated by Lucien Stryk (Penguin Random House UK, 1986)