Ware to kite asobeya oya no nai suzume which translates to:
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Haiku by Issa - https://archive.org/details/autumnwindselect0000koba/page/10/mode/2up
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Heedless that the dews
+mark the passing of our day —
+we bind ourselves to others
-Come over with me
-and together let’s play
-Oh, motherless sparrow.
+(Mi no ue no tsuyu to mo shirade hodashikeri - p.11 - spring)
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+O winds of autumn!
+Nearer we draw to the Buddha
+As the years advance
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+(Akikaze yo hotoke ni chikaki toshi no hodo - p.11 - autumn)
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+Floating weeds,
+as blow the winds of the floating world —
+drifting and drifting
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+(Ukigusa ya ukiyo no kaze no iu mama ni - p.18 - spring)
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+A blessing indeed —
+This snow on the bed-quilt,
+This, too, is from the pure land
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+(Arigata ya fusama no yuki mo Jodo yori - p.46 - winter)
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+Is this it, then,
+My last resting place —
+Five feet of snow!
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+(Kore ga maa tsui no sumika ka yuki goshaku - p.37 - winter)
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+On the hill of summer
+Stands the slender maiden flower
+In a solitary humor
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+(Natsuyama ya / Hitori kigen no / Ominaeshi - p.65 - summer)
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+Red dragon-fly —
+He’s the one that likes the evening,
+Or so it seems.
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+(Akatombo / Kare mo yubo ga / Suki ja yara - p.65 - autumn)
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+Heedless that the tolling bell
+Marks our own closing day —
+We take this evening’s cool
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+(Mi no ue no kane tomo shirade yusuzumi - p.39 - summer)