"Autumn Haiku" Kobayashi Issa

This haiku is written by Hiragana and Kanzi letter, Semi-cursive script.
It was created by Kobayashi Issa.
He is one of the most famous haiku poets.

The reading of is as follows.
名月(めいげつ)を　とってくれろと　　泣(な)く子(こ)かな。　 小林一茶
meigetsu wo　　　totte kurero to　 nakuko kana　　　 kobayash iissa

This haiku means a thing such as interesting next.

My child cries that I take the autumn splendid full moon to me.

This is one of the works which are the most famous in haiku.

I think that this haiku expresses two things.

The autumn moon is beautiful so that even a child praises the beauty.

And, though child is selfish, I love him. (He loses his child looked forward to.)

The next haiku is famous in his work, too.

It is a work of a profound meaning.
露(つゆ)の世は　　露(つゆ)の世(よ)ながら　さりながら
Tsuyu no yo wa 　tsuyu no yo nagara 　sari nagara
The world of dew --
A world of dew it is indeed,
And yet, and yet . . .

Expression beyond the common sense is possible by short words in the world of the haiku.