Cold night: the wild duck,
sick, falls from the sky
and sleeps awhile.
sick, falls from the sky
and sleeps awhile.

1644 - 1694/Male/JapaneseThe most famous poet of the Edo period, Bashō is a master of haiku, he was a teacher who renounced urban life and began to wander the country.
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