Christ shift into Buddha

1793 30 years old ,on the journey, being in Nagasaki where many Christians
had lived. To pray Christ was prohibited under Edo Government.

Issa Original
君が世や茂りの下の那蘇仏

kimi ga yo ya shigeri no shita no yaso-botoke

David’s English
Great Japan--
overgrown with weeds
Jesus-Buddha

sakuo Renku
禁制の耶蘇仏になりけり
kinsei no yaso hotoke ni nari keri

prohibited Christ
shift into Buddha