English Original:
yesterday
will be the same
for tomorrow never changes –
the kite of my days
cut from the string of Life
Japanese Translation by Hidenori Hiruta
昨日また明日も変わらず同じかな我が世の凧は糸切られけり
Akita International Haiku Network (Oct. 30, 2010)
Poetic Musings: Mother and Ocean Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
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mother I never knew,
each time I see the ocean,
each time --
*The Essential Haiku*, 1995
Kobayashi Issa
Commentary: L1 establishes both the emotional atm...
