David’s English
birds in the clouds
people in the sea...
a holiday
一茶
雲に鳥人間海にあそぶ日ぞ
kumo ni tori ningen umi ni asobu hi zo
by Issa, 1793
Jean Cholley sees this as a scene of people gathering shellfish at low tide. At the end of Third Month seabirds have migrated north ("in the clouds"), leaving good pickings for the humans; En village de miséreux: Choix de poèmes de Kobayashi Issa (Paris: Gallimard, 1996) 234, note 9. Issa later (1795) revises this to begin with "larks in the sky" (ten ni hibari). Larks are not migratory birds.
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sakuo Renku
1793 Age 31 years on journey of Kyushyu
魂抜けて天地に漂う
tamashii nike te tenchi ni tadayou
my soul leaving from me
floating among heaven and earth
3 comments:
A great haiku, but that picture is beautiful, too.
This one fits well here. Monday is Labor Day. :)
thank you,andrew san for your warm compliment.
sakuo.
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