Some Japanese hokku seem to defy translation into English, even though their meaning is not difficult. An example is Kyoroku’s:
Descending geese –
Their cries pile on one another;
The cold of night.
As one group of geese comes down from the sky, followed by yet another, their cries seem to layer one upon the other. This piling of [...]
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DESCENDING GEESE, FALLING LEAVES
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