きつつき　　いお
「啄木も　庵はやぶらず　夏木立」

5. Unganji Temple, Kurobane

At Unganji Temple, Basho visited the remains of a cottage in the mountain where Priest

Buccho died.  Priest Buccho was his old teacher of Zazen(sitting in religious contemplation) at Fukagawa. 

The grove in summer was thick and a bird cried.  But even woodpecker respected the cottage and did not tear it.

ki-tsu-tsu-ki mo     (Woodpecker also)

i-o wa ya-bu-ra-zu   (does not tear thatched cottage)

na-tsu ko-da-chi     (in summer grove.)

“Woodpecker also does not tear the thatched cottage in summer grove.”

Season word: Natsukodachi=summer grove (Summer)