Tis the first snow


Translated by William George Aston and published in A History of Japanese Literature, Chapter IV (1899). Tis the first snow was written by Matsuo Basho in 1686. Basho was considered the master of the haiku poetry form.
Tis the first snow
'Tis the first snowโ€”
Just enough to bend
The gladiolus leaves

Japanese: ๏ผˆใฏใคใ‚†ใใ‚„ใ™ใ„ใ›ใ‚“ใฎใฏใฎใŸใ‚ใ‚€ใพใง๏ผ‰ hatsu yuki ya / suisen no ha no / tawamu made

Bashล wrote ๆฐดไป™ (ใ™ใ„ใ›ใ‚“) = suisen โ€” "narcissus" instead of "gladiolus"

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