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Tombō no
Kusa ni undeya,
Ushi no tsuno!
O dragon-fly! how have you wearied of the grass that you should thus perch upon the horn of a cow!
Kaki-dake no
Ippon nagaki—
Tombo kana!
One of the bamboo-stakes in that fence seems to be higher than the others—but no! there is a dragon-fly upon it!
Kaki-dake to
Tombo to utsuru
Shōji kana!
The shadow of the bamboo fence, with a dragon-fly at rest upon it, is thrown upon my paper-window!
Tsuri-gane ni
Hito-toki yasumu
Tombo kana!
See! the dragon-fly is resting a while upon the temple-bell!
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