1 haiku (#8335) out of 12850
1806
.霧雨にあらのの百合のさきぬべし
kirisame ni arano no yuri no sakinubeshi
foggy rain--
let the lilies in the desolate field
bloom!
Issa wrote saenu but the editors of Issa zenshû believe that he meant to write, sakinu; (1976-79) 1.403.
Arano is a desolate and deserted field or moor; Kogo dai jiten (1983) 79.
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