1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Hosts Tj Anthony Guest Palmer-senei &amp;nbsp; Tanabata &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 鳴な虫別るる恋はほしにさへ。 小林一茶&amp;nbsp; Nakuna mushi wakaruru koi wa hoshi ni sae. Ko-bayashi I-ssa. (After the death of his wife.) &amp;nbsp; Cry not insects divided love even stars among. &amp;nbsp;Little-grove One-tea. (literal translation) &amp;nbsp; Oh, insects, cease your cries that pierce the heart.&amp;nbsp; Lovers, even among the stars, must part. (Translated by Harold Stewart.) (Harold chose the form of the Heroic couplet when translating Haiku.)&amp;nbsp; From his, ‘A Chime of Windbells’. (Courtesy of Allan Sōsei Palmer Sensei) TeaLife Audio - Chado the Japanese Way of Tea http://tealife.audio <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/27346749/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/155289474