224Haiku 俳句
うまさうな雪がふうはりふはりかな
うまそうなゆきがふうわりふわりかなUmasō na yuki ga fūwari fuwari kana
“How delicious it looks, the falling snow — softly, fluffily down.”
The meaning
Watching snow with a child's appetite: the world becomes delicious again when looked at without seriousness. A greedy gaze is a form of youth.
At the origin
A winter haiku by Issa, all childlike relish.
The characters
- うまさうな umasō nadelicious-looking
- 雪 yukisnow
- が ga(subject)
- ふうはり
- ふはり
- かな
がParticleMarks the subject: the one who does, or what is.
In practice
Look at today's weather with appetite rather than annoyance.