Haiku of Kobayashi Issa

1 haiku (#8191) out of 13390

1825

.鬼虫も妻を乞ふやら夜の声
oni mushi mo tsuma wo kou yara yoru no koe

even the stag beetle
calls for a wife...
night voices

The haiku is more humorous in Japanese, since the stag beetle is called oni mushi, a "devil insect." Even the devil wants a wife.

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Issa

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