Translations of the original Haiku by Tormod Kinnes:
None is traveling
Here along this way but I,
This autumn evening.
- Basho
Pebbles shining clear,
and clear
six silent fishes . . .
Deep autumn water
- Buson
In the farther field
a scarecrow kept me
company . . .
Walking as I walked
- Sanin
But when I halted
on the windy street
at twilight . . .
Snow struck against me
-Kito
None is traveling
Here along this way but I,
This autumn evening.
- Basho
Pebbles shining clear,
and clear
six silent fishes . . .
Deep autumn water
- Buson
In the farther field
a scarecrow kept me
company . . .
Walking as I walked
- Sanin
But when I halted
on the windy street
at twilight . . .
Snow struck against me
-Kito