plum flowers far and near
shall I go to the south?
shall I go north?
梅遠近南すべく北すべく
-Yosa-no-Buson (与謝蕪村 1716-84).
one branch makes
Kyōto's sky...
plum blossoms
片枝は都の空よむめの花
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1802.
Trans. David Lanoue.
#haiku #plumblossoms #ume
plum flowers far and near
shall I go to the south?
shall I go north?
梅遠近南すべく北すべく
-Yosa-no-Buson (与謝蕪村 1716-84).
one branch makes
Kyōto's sky...
plum blossoms
片枝は都の空よむめの花
-Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶), 1802.
Trans. David Lanoue.
#haiku #plumblossoms #ume
1) Kitano Tenman-gū (北野天満宮) is undoubtedly the home of ume blossoms in Kyotō.
Sugawara-no-Michizane (菅原道真 845-903), deified here as the god of scholarship and learning, was passionate about plum blossoms.
From early February the shrine's orchard of ume trees opens.
#Kyoto
