The cry of the cicada
by Matsuo Basho
Translated by William George Aston and published in A History of Japanese Literature, Chapter IV (1899). The cry of a cicada was written by Matsuo Basho in 1690. Basho was considered the master of the haiku poetry form.

The cry of the cicada Gives us no sign That presently it will die.
Japanese:
(やがてしぬけしきはみえずせみのこゑ)
yagate shinu / keshiki wa miezu / semi no koe
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