Haiku of Kobayashi Issa

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1821

.御鼠ちよろちよろ浮草渡り哉
on-nezumi choro-choro ukigusa watari kana

Sir Mouse
nimbly, nimbly crosses
the duckweed

Choro-choro refers to an action that is done deftly, nimbly, quickly; Kogo dai jiten (1983) 1069.

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Issa

一茶