My spring Is an ecstasy.
How wonderful to read these haikus that pop your eyes and heart with their insights and advice for living!
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Here are his versions of two of the haiku posted above:
spring begins--
more foolishness
for this fool
my spring
is lucky, lucky!
plum blossom
Sorry, but it's sentimental translations like these that give haiku a bad name. (And, the plural of haiku is . . . haiku.)
Hi Peter, would love for you to recommend us some solid translations of haiku collections!
Thank you for the catch on the plural.
How wonderful to read these haikus that pop your eyes and heart with their insights and advice for living!
For Issa specifically, try here: https://haikuguy.com/issa/
Here are his versions of two of the haiku posted above:
spring begins--
more foolishness
for this fool
my spring
is lucky, lucky!
plum blossom
Sorry, but it's sentimental translations like these that give haiku a bad name. (And, the plural of haiku is . . . haiku.)
Hi Peter, would love for you to recommend us some solid translations of haiku collections!
Thank you for the catch on the plural.