夕霧に邯鄲のやむ山の草　　　飯田蛇笏

yûgiri ni kantan no yamu yama no kusa

            evening fog

            tree crickets stop singing

            under mountain grass

                                                            Dakotsu Iida

from “Haiku Dai-Saijiki” (“Comprehensive Haiku Saijiki”), Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo, 2006

Fay’s Note:  Dakotsu Iida (1885-1962)