swatting a fly
today I hear it again...
mountain bell
1806
44 years old. Lived in Edo.
Issa Original
蝿打てけふも聞也山の鐘 一茶
hae uchite kyô mo kiku nari yama no kane
David Comment
The bell belongs to a Buddhist temple. Perhaps Issa feels a tinge of guilt for taking a life: violating one of Buddha's main precepts. And just as he does the dirty deed, as if to personally chide him, the temple bell tolls in the distance.
sakuo remark
The fly comes and disturbｓ me,
listen mountain temple bell.
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