元禄2年3月27日明け方、採荼庵(さいとあん)より舟に乗って出立し、
千住で船を下りて詠む。
行く春や 鳥啼(なき)魚の目は泪
Wikipediaより引用
Basho Matsuo left Saitoan in a boat at dawn of March 27,
Genroku era 2.
And he got off a boat in Senju and wrote a haiku.
The going spring and bird call, and the fish sheds tears.
Quotation from Wikipedia.