Last Time, I Think Poem by Kobayashi Issa
Last Time, I Think
Last time, I think,
I'll brush the flies
from my father's face.
Translated by Robert Hass
This can have so many many different meanings- his father could be dead so he is sorrowful that he can do longer serve him- -he is grown up or so he thinks so he doesn't have to so there- -he thinks his father is way too lazy- and so on- I prefer the first
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/24/2024 10:44:14 PM # 1.0.0.1119
So sad, and if it is the painting then it is fine again vivid images after reading this poem.