an chéad bhrádán san fhómhar

Autumn's first drizzle

Ryokan (1758 - 1831)

Autumn's first drizzle:
How delightful,
The nameless mountain.

English version by John Stevens

an chéad bhrádán san fhómhar
nach aoibhinn –
sliabh gan ainm

haiku le Ryokan (1758 - 1831)

English version by Stephen Mitchell

the thief left it behind:
the moon
at my window.

d'fhág an gadaí ina dhiaidh í:
an ghealach
san fhuinneog