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Saturday, November 01, 2008

shame

Issa 一茶

はづかしや三十日が来ても草のてふ
hazukashi ya misoka ga kite mo kusa no cho^

David's English

shame, shame!
on the month's last day
a meadow butterfly

by Issa, 1810

In Issa's days, most people bought things on credit
and paid up at the end of the month or of the year.
Issa cannot pay his debt as penniless meadow butterfly.

http://cat.xula.edu/issa/


sakuo haiga

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