俳句 365 haiku (184) 《牡丹１ Bashō》

   

牡丹蘂ふかく分出る蜂の名残哉

(botan-shibe fukaku-wakeizuru hachi-no-nagori-kana)

                             （芭蕉）

   

sorrow of parting,

bee’s pushing its way

out of botan-shibe;

         (Translated by Lovee)

    

(Note)

Bashō composed this haiku for appreciation of hearty hospitality to him when he visited his disciple.

Thus, the bee implies Bashō and the botan-shibe, which means stamen or pistil of peony, is a metaphor of his disciple.