1 haiku (#2691) out of 12670
1812
.長閑しや大宮人の裾埃
nodokeshi ya ômiyabito no suso-bokori
spring peace--
in the great courtier's hem
dust
The courtier has dragged his ceremonial robe in the dust, gathering it in its hem. Perhaps he has been in the countryside viewing the spring blossoms. Issa hints that even the rich and powerful are tainted with dust: a Buddhist metaphor for worldliness.
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