aki no yado

人生や　我が家もただの　秋の宿　 Oh, the Human Life ! my own home just another lodging for autumn

This house of a sword smith is near my home. It gave rise to this haiku.

If you are interested in Japanese swords,
check my article here !

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Still struggeling with the proper English:

The first line is a rather .. strong .. translation of the YA in Japanese.

jinsei ya
wagaya mo tada no
aki no yado

the Japanese version could also read

jinsei ya wgami mo tada no aki no yado

wagami 我が身　... my human body


aki no yado, an inn, a lodging. Herberge in German would be appropriate.


I want to express that my home (anyones home) is just a temporary shelter, like a temporarily used resthouse or hotel on the road of life.
The same holds for the human body (wagami).

And I feel like being in the autumn of my life right now ... close to 60 ... and winter coming soon ...


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Larry qoutes Mark Twain on the subject

"Oh, this human life, this earthy life, this weary life! It is so groveling, and so mean; its ambitions are so paltry, its prides so trivial, its vanities so childish; and the glories that it values and applauds- lord, how empty!"

- No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger

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Norman has even translated this haiku into Esperanto

ho, homa vivo!
mia propra hejmo nur
aŭtungastejo

Norman Darlington
Translating Haiku Forum 　

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. autum melancoly is also a kigo for haiku　.



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