i measc na mblár láibe
is iad na mná is túisce
a éiríonn doiléir
the women first turn hazy over the tidal flats
Cad is brí leis sin?!
Theastódh Seapánach uait chun brí cheart a bhaint as an haiku sin:
onna kara saki e kasumuzo shiohigata
Deir Hiroaki Sato sa leabhar On Haiku (New Directions Books, 2018) gur ag spraoi leis an bhfocal deireanach sa haiku, shiohigata, atá Issa, focal a chiallaíonn " 'tidal flats', which readily invokes shiohigari, 'digging for clams'. In Japan, clamming became a popular recreational activity with women … Issa says women go farther out from the shore than men."Is dócha go bhfuil haiku a scríobh ag Éireannaigh nach dtuigfeadh an gnáth-Seapánach- haiku nach dtuigfeadh an tÉireannach féin!
