Spider, say again

Spider, say again... by Matsuo Basho, translated by Dmitri N. Smirnov

* * * Spider, say again! It’s so hard to hear your voice in the autumn wind. 1680, transl. 2006/7

Notes:

蜘何と音をなにと鳴く秋の風　

（くもなにとねをなにとなくあきのかぜ）

kumo nani to / ne o nani to naku / aki no kaze

(IB-113, HS-116, JR-117) 1680

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