Weidenhimmel.
Based on Bashô's haiku # 905:
Ein Tag im Frühling --
aus einem Weidenhimmel
tröpfelt es Regen.
A day in spring --
down from a willow sky
rain is dripping.
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[MB905, spring, 1694.]
hakku ken / sora de ame furu / yanagi ka na.
"hakku = hachi + ku = 8 or 9
é–“ (ma) > ken = 1.818 metres >> 14.5 metres or 16.4 metres
>> doesn't make sense: willows don't grow that tall !!
Unless it's a Pure Land Buddhist willow ?? //
from [height mentioned above] sky rain falls // willow I-wonder-?!"
Source: "Bashô - The Complete Haiku", translated by Jane Reichhold.
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