after:21

cool of the evening

how happy I am

I was born a man

Kikaku 1661-1709

A comment by R. H. Blyth (Haiku, v. 3, p. 743):

What Kikaku meant was that being born a man enabled him to sit practically naked and cool himself in the evening breeze. But in addition, there is the fact that to be born a man instead of a woman is as much a matter of congratulation as being born a man instead of a giraffe.

A comment on Kikaku and Blyth by me:

cool of the evening

how happy I am

she's a woman