365 まんぽ haiku (20) 《大寒》

　

大寒の埃の如く人死ぬる

(daikan-no hokori-no-gotoku hito-shinuru)       

（ 高浜虚子　TAKAHAMA , Kyoshi）

    

people will die

as if they were

dust in the midwinter

 　　　　　　　　　(Lovee)

　　　

(Note)

Kyoshi composed this haiku at the age of 67 in 1941, when the Pacific War occurred.