Thursday, December 25, 2025

Haiku 24: New Year snow

Here is today's haiku:

あれ小雪さあ元日ぞ元日ぞ

And in romaji:

are ko yuki saa ganjitsu zo ganjitsu zo

And English: "Hey! Light snow! Get a move on! New Year's here! New Year!"

This is another haiku by Issa: it's a New Year's Day haiku, a "first day" poem, gan-jitsu, 元日. David Lanoue remarks, "Issa playfully scolds the snow. New Year's Day, the most auspicious day of the year, should be clear."



My vocabulary for today:



"small"



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