English poem
Japanese Studies
by Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904)
[Decoration]
... Life ere long Came on me in the public ways, and bent Eyes deeper than of old: Death met I too, And saw the dawn glow through. --GEORGE MEREDITH
1-2, Young Semi. 3-4, Haru-Zemi, also called Nawashiro-Zemi.]
Semi (CICADAE)
[Decoration]
Koe ni mina Naki-shimote ya-- Semi no kara! --Japanese Love-Song
The voice having been all consumed by crying, there remains only the shell of the semi!