Tanka
by Otagaki Rengetsu (1791- 1875) 

1/

Lines
in the twilight mist
where they go I cannot see
I envy the wild geese
only their voices trailing behind

2/

The mountain-going robes
of a priest
soaked through
in the pine wind amid these peaks --
a voice in the mist.

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