KANAE
224Haiku 俳句

うまさうな雪がふうはりふはりかな

Umasō na yuki ga fūwari fuwari kana

“How delicious it looks, the falling snow — softly, fluffily down.”

Attributed to Kobayashi Issa · Edo

The meaning

Watching snow with a child's appetite: the world becomes delicious again when looked at without seriousness. A greedy gaze is a form of youth.

At the origin

A winter haiku by Issa, all childlike relish.

The characters

  1. うまさうな umasō nadelicious-looking
  2. yukisnow
  3. ga(subject)
  4. ふうはり
  5. ふはり
  6. かな

The complete word-by-word reading, in KANAE.

ParticleMarks the subject: the one who does, or what is.

In practice

Look at today's weather with appetite rather than annoyance.

Themes

In the collections · Fuyu

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See also