1 haiku (#7947) out of 13390
1820
.京を出て一息つくかはつ忖
kyô wo dete hito iki tsuku ka hatsu-botaru
after leaving Kyoto
catching your breath?
first firefly
Issa sees a firefly "resting," perhaps on a blade of grass. He humorously implies that it's catching its breath after the excitement of touring Kyoto. Kyô wo dete, as Shinji Ogawa notes, means "after leaving Kyoto."
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