"Greve Gabi" <gokurakuatworldkigo@...> wrote:
>
> waga mono to omoeba karoshi kasa no yuki
>
> Kikaku (1661-1707)
>
>
> "My snow!"--when I think that,
> it weighs almost nothing
> on my umbrella-hat!
>
> --Henderson, "An Intrduction to Haiku."
>
> http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/04/kikaku-waga-yuki.html
>
> .
>
> Kasa no Yuki, snow on the Umbrella, in Old Edo
>
> *In the language of Old Edo, the expression *"kasa no yuki"
> "snow on my umbrella"* was used to indicate something that
> you would like to have, to posess.

it's quite light
when I think it's mine --
snow on my hat

Kikaku/tr. G.S.

Best regards,
Grzegorz