ill lucks with soot

David’s English
my home village--
four or five years of soot
needs sweeping

furusato ya shi go nenburi no susu harai
古郷や四五年ぶりの煤払
by Issa, 1824

sakuo Renku.
In four or five years, Issa have lost 4 children and his wife.

溜まった不運煤と払い出せ
tamatsu ta fuun susu to harai dase

the collected ill lucks
paid out together with soot.