Carpe Diem My Favorite Haiku by … #2 Chiyo-Ni’s Morning Glory

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何となき物のいさみやほととぎす
nan to naki mono no isami ya hototogisu
Chiyo-Ni

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Hokusai, Cuckoo and Azelias 1834

loneliness
lies within the listener—
a cuckoo’s call

© Chiyo-Ni    Tr.Donegan

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My attempt:

within each heart
the cuckoo’s call brings
it’s own solitude

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