94 Shadow! ngs 



Kog nagaki 



Se"mi wa mijikaki 



Inochi kana ! 



How long, alas ! the voice and how short the life of the 

 se'mi! 



Some poets celebrate the negative form of 

 pleasure following upon the cessation of the 



sound : 



Se'mi ni de'te', 

 Hotaru ni modoru, 



Suzumi kana! 



YAYO. 



When the se'mi cease their noise, and the fireflies come 

 out oh ! how refreshing the hour ! 



Se'mi no tatsu, 

 Ato suzushisa yo ! 



Matsu no kog. 



BAIJAKU. 



When the semi cease their storm, oh, how refreshing the 



stillness ! 

 Gratefully then resounds the musical speech of the pines. 



[Here I may mention, by the way, that there 

 is a little Japanese song about the matsu no hoe, 

 in which the onomatope "zazanza" very well 

 represents the deep humming of the wind in the 



pine-needles : 



Zazanza I 



Hama-matsu no oto wa, 

 Zazanza, 

 Zazanza I 



