Spring rain

Hurma Ağacı, Nakamura Hochu (1790 - 1813)

spring rain:
come inside my nightgown,
you nightingale, too.

Natsume Soseki


in the rains of spring
an umbrella and raincoat
pass by, conversing.

Yosa Buson


overnight
my razor rusted--
the May rains

Boncho


spring rain:
in our sedan
your soft whispers

Buson


April shower--
my girlfriend's house key
back on my keyring

Michael Dylan Welch


the May rains
even a nameless stream
is a thing of dread

Buson


spring rain--
down along a wasp's nest, water
leaking through the roof

Basho