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[The cry of the cicada] by Matsuo Basho - Poems | poets.org

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[The cry of the cicada] Add to anthology × Matsuo Bashō 1644 - 1694 translated from the Japanese by William George Aston The cry of the cicada Gives us no sign That presently it will die. From A History of Japanese Literature (William Heinemann, 1899) by W. G. Aston. This poem is in the public domain.

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