老ひたれば無欲の牛歩去年今年
(oitareba muyoku-no gyu-ho kozo-kotoshi)
（薫風士）
resigned to unselfish old age,
steadily by ox-like steps_
kozo-kotoshi
(Note: translated by L.P. Lovee)
“kozo-kotoshi” literally means “last-year this-year”, which means a time between a new year and the last year.
(tsuki-yuki-to nosabari-kerashi toshi-no-kure)
（芭蕉 Bashō）
moon and snow_
festively fleeting,
the end of year
(translated by L.P. Lovee)
去年今年貫く棒の如きもの
(kozokotoshi tsuranuku bōnogotoki-mono)
（虚子 Kyoshi）
(translated by L.P. Lavee in the following three ways:
(A)
Kozokotoshi_
something like a piercing-stick
(B)
time pierces
kozokotoshi
like a stick
(C)
my belief in haiku
pierces kozokotoshi
like a stick
(Note)
（A）is a literal translation.
（B）is a translation based on a conventional interpretation.
（C）is a translation according to a new interpretation of L.P. Lovee.
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