[even with insects]

[even with insects]

BY KOBAYASHI ISSA

TRANSLATED BY ROBERT HASS

Even with insects—

some can sing,

    some can’t.

[even with insects] by Issa from The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa, edited and with an introduction by Robert Hass. Copyright 1994 by Robert Hass. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.

Source: The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho Buson and Issa (The Ecco Press, 1994)