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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

In the world of man

David’s English
"In the world of man
there are no blossoms!"
mountain cuckoo

hito no yo ni hana wa nashi to ya kankodori
人の世に花はなしとや閑古鳥
1814
Issa Age 52
Fourth Month, 11th day, he marries Kiku ("Chrysanthemum": age 28).

Sakuo Renku
菊に出会えて今が一番
Kiku ni deaete ima ga itiban

meet with Kiku
happiest at present

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I really enjoy reading your blog.

My favourite haiku by Issa:

「行な雁どっこも茨のうき世ぞや」

"The migration of geese is futile; they cannot escape this transient world"

Unknown said...

Thank you for coming and post comment.
Pardon me to ask you question about your name " クmaコuジ ”.
It is very uniqe but hard to read and write.

sakuo.