92 Shadowings 



More heavy than winter-snow the voices of perching 



semi: 

 See how the bamboos bend under the weight of their 



song ! ! 



Morogoe ni 

 Yama ya ugokasu, 



Ki-gi no semi. 



All shrilling together, the multitudinous se'mi 

 Make, with their ceaseless clamor, even the mountain 

 move. 



Kusunoki mo 

 Ugoku y5 nari, 



Se'mi no kog. 



BAIJAKU. 



Even the camphor-tree seems to quake with the clamor 

 of se'mi ! 



Sometimes the sound is compared to the noise 

 of boiling water : 



Hizakari wa 

 Nie'tatsu se'mi no 

 Hayashi kana! 



In the hour of heaviest heat, how simmers the forest 

 with se'mi I 



Nie"te" iru 

 Mizu bakari nari 



Se'mi no kog. 



TAIMU. 



1 Japanese artists have found many a charming inspira 

 tion in the spectacle of bamboos bending under the weight 

 of snow clinging to their tops. 



