Departing spring

過ぎていく季節を惜しむ気持ちは、いつの時代も変わりません。

行く春や 鳥啼き魚の 目は泪
— 松尾芭蕉(Matsuo Bashō, 1644–1694)

Every beautiful season leaves behind a touch of longing.

Departing spring—
birds cry, and in the eyes of fish
there seem to be tears.
— Matsuo Bashō