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Six Haiku on Spring and Winter

Song Cycle by Peter Amsel (b. 1968)

1.
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
For that brief moment
when the fire-fly went out... O
the lonely darkness

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  • a text in Japanese (日本語) by Tachibana Hokushi (1665 - 1718) [text unavailable]
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2.
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Spring morning marvel
lovely nameless little hill
on a sea of mist

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  • a text in Japanese (日本語) by Matsuo Bashō (1644 - 1694) [text unavailable]
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3.
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Under my tree-roof
slanting lines of April rain
separate to drops

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4.
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In my dark winter
lying ill at last I ask
how fares my neighbour

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5.
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Winter evening snow
the uncompleted bridge is all
an arch of whiteness

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6.
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Experimenting
I hung the moon on various
branches of the Pine

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Total word count: 73
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