The cry of the cicada Gives us no sign That presently it will die. — Matsuo Bashō (translated by William George Aston)

The cry of the cicada Gives us no sign That presently it will die.

Matsuo Bashō (translated by William George Aston)

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What turned up: [The cry of the cicada], in A History of Japanese Literature (1899); Complete public-domain haiku in Aston’s credited Japanese-to-English translation, read on the Academy of American Poets page. A reflection on mortality and life’s brevity; not a statement about a specific human death.
Work: [The cry of the cicada], in A History of Japanese Literature (1899)
Sources checked: poets.orgChecked using manual, 20 October 2026[The cry of the cicada], in A History of Japanese Literature (1899); Complete public-domain haiku in Aston’s credited Japanese-to-English translation, read on the Academy of American Poets page. A reflection on mortality and life’s brevity; not a statement about a specific human death.

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