New Year's Eve : a border passes by

   

As observed by Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)

New Year’s morning :
the ducks on the pond
quack and quack.

As observed by Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)

Year after year
on the monkey’s face 
a monkey’s face.

Below, a haiga (haiku and image) by Basho. The drawing depicts a New Year's Eve home altar offering of Kagami mochi which is traditionally broken and eaten in a ritual called kagami biraki (mirror opening).

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We don't have a translation of the above Basho haiku, but here's a thematic contender, translated by Jane Reichhold :

ariake mo
misoka ni chikashi
mochi no oto    

dawn moon
close to the end of the year
pounding rice 

... and as translated for NYE by TAR :

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    A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

    someone looks at something... 

         

    LOGOS/HA HA