Saturday, November 30, 2013

Issa Haiku

on the high priest's
head...
flies making love

Issa - 1825

.僧正の頭の上や蝿つるむ
sôjô no atama no ue ya hae tsurumu

A wonderful juxtaposition of sacred and profane, big and small, serious and silly.

- David Gerard
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