220Haiku 俳句
雪とけて村いっぱいの子どもかな
ゆきとけてむらいっぱいのこどもかなYuki tokete mura ippai no kodomo kana
“Snow has melted — the village is full of children.”
The meaning
The first thaw releases at once the children winter kept indoors. Joy returns like a season: suddenly, everywhere, and for everyone.
At the origin
Issa's haiku on spring in the mountain villages of his native land.
The characters
- 雪 yukisnow
- とけて toketemelted
- 村 muravillage
- いっぱい
- の
- 子ども
- かな
In practice
When a constraint lifts, go out like the children — at once.
Themes
Similar proverbs
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- 224 うまさうな雪がふうはりふはりかな How delicious it looks, the falling snow — softly, fluffily down.
- 020 花より団子 Dumplings over flowers.
- 041 蛙の子は蛙 The child of a frog is a frog.
- 061 馬子にも衣装 Clothes dress up even a stable hand.