dawn is your time
for dancing...
nettle tree

ariake ni odorishi toki no enoki kana


by Issa, 1805

Tr. David Lanoue
http://cat.xula.edu/issa/


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enoki, nettle tree and its kigo

enoki no mi 榎の実 ( えのきのみ) fruit of the nettle tree
kigo for late autumn


enoki karu, nettle tree withering 榎枯る（えのきかる）
kigo for all winter

karu is the poetic form for kareru


有明に躍りし時の榎哉
一茶

。