“Bird of time –
in Kyoto, pining
for Kyoto.”

—  Bashō Matsuo

Basho, On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho, London, 1985, p. 43 (Translation: Lucien Stryk) <br class="br">Even in Kyōto&amp;mdash;<br>hearing the cuckoo&#x27;s cry&amp;mdash;<br>I long for Kyōto<br>Classical Japanese Database, Translation #55 http://carlsensei.com/classical/index.php/translation/view/55 (Translation: Robert Hass) <br class="br">Individual poems

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