Long rain of May,
The whole world is
A single sheet of paper
Under the clouds.
Circa 1675. Hokku from the haikai no renga (comic linked verse) of Nishiyama Sōin, Ihara Saikaku, and followers of the Danrin school. Translation by Nobuyuki Yuasa.
Long rain of May,
The whole world is
A single sheet of paper
Under the clouds.
Circa 1675. Hokku from the haikai no renga (comic linked verse) of Nishiyama Sōin, Ihara Saikaku, and followers of the Danrin school. Translation by Nobuyuki Yuasa.
