haiku friday

行く雁の・啼くとき宙の・感ぜられ

ゆくかりの・なくときちゅうの・かんぜられ

The call of wild geese returning: the impression of the sense of space.

山口誓子・1947

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Adapted from the notes:

感ぜられ is from 感ず, the classical equivalent of 感じる. The passive form of the verb implies that the feeling arose spontaneously, and the speaker neither intended nor expected it.

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