blown to home village

blownto the window


David English
blown to the window
again
little butterfly

-Issa, 1804
42 years old, live in Edo, getting new haiku friends in Natume's group.
And Nakamura and other haiku friends had come to Edo from Kasihabara, his home village.

Sakuo Japanese
投げられる　窓に再び　小蝶かな
nage rareru mado ni futatabi kotyou kana

Issa Original
又窓へ吹もどさるる小てふ哉
mata mado e fuki-modosaruru ko chô kana

http://cat.xula.edu/issa/searchissa.php?haiku_id=166.03a

sakuo image
A little butterfly is Issa who has leaved from his native village
long before and has stayed in Edo. At this time he has struggled
with his father’s asset.
How often he has got back to Kashihabara.