Haiku 14: Quick, into the hazy sky!

Here is today's haiku:

とくかすめ とくとくかすめ放ち鳥

And in romaji:

toku kasume toku toku kasume hanachi-dori

And English: "Quick, into the hazy sky! Quick, quick, into the hazy sky! Bird set free."

This is another haiku by Issa. It is very simple, and full of so much empathy with the bird set free; the way I read this haiku, the simplicity of the first part is the simplicity of the bird's thoughts, as if we were experiencing the moment of liberation together with the bird.

art by Maekawa Senpan

My vocabulary for today:

鷄
とり
"bird"