English Original:
a blue bird
darts into blossoms and out
unsettled
I wander and yearn
my hometown an ocean away
Japanese Translation by Hidenori Hiruta
青い鳥花へ飛びこみ落ち着かず我さすらいて故郷慕う
Akita International Haiku Network (Oct. 30, 2010)
Poetic Musings: Mother and Ocean Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
-
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...
