The mosquitoes buzz
sadly around the net o-
ver my dead husband.
De muggen zoemen	Die Mücken schwirren
zo droevig rondom het net --	so traurig um das Netz um --
om mijn dode man.	meinen toten Mann.

Poem H5246
Amsterdam, 2025-02-11
That sound too (Motojo) - 1776
Haiku by Motojo, after the death of her husband Chora (1722-1776), included in the 1986 collection "Japanese Death Poems", compiled by Yoel Hoffmann: "Ka no koe mo / kanashiki kaya no / atari kana" ("The drone of the mosquitoes / round the netting, too, / is sad")
Collection: Em Brace
Keywords: Sadness: mourning, Flying: mosquito 
Tribute to: Motojo