still

The winter tempest
Hid itself in the bamboos
And grew still


Basho

never at ease

So, beneath the starry dome
And the floor of plains and seas,
I have never felt at home,
Never wholly been at ease.


Basho Matsuo (1644 ~ 1694)



translation by R.H. Blyth

if you would like to read more of Basho haikus please refer to:
http://www.big.or.jp/~loupe/links/ehisto/ebasho.shtml
http://www.haikupoetshut.com/basho1.html

painting by Evard Munch, Starry Night, oil on canvas, 1893
if you would like to see more of Munch's paintings please refer to:
http://www.munch.museum.no/?id=&mid=&lang=en
http://www.edvard-munch.com/index1.htm