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Sunday, February 13, 2005

How about town moon ?

harvest moon


David English
harvest moon--deep in the mountain a mountain moon

sakuo Japanese
meigetu ya yamaoku fukaku yama no tuki
名月や山奥深く山の月

Issa Original
meigetsu ya yama no oku ni wa yama no tsuki
名月や山の奥には山の月

sakuo impression
At a glance ,sakuo and Issa seem to be same, but they are quite difference. Issa's is much stronger than sakuo.The difference comes from [okufukaku]=deep and [niha]=nothing but.

Issa English haiku website

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