Piano Etude No. 3

Subtitle: “Tsuyu No Yo Wa”

Haiku by Kobayashi Issa

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Tsuyu no yo wa

tsuyu no yo nagara

sari nagara

Literal translation:

This dewdrop world --

Is a dewdrop world,

And yet, and yet . . .

Poetic translation:

A world of dew ….

And within every dewdrop ..

… A world of struggle.

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