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Bashō: ふつかよい ものかわはなの あるあいだ.

I’m completely lost by ものかわ. Any idea?
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Meaning of ものかわ in a Haiku
The original should be:

> 二日酔{ふつかよ} **ひ** ものか **は** 花{はな}の あるあ **ひ** だ

The expression in question is 「ものか **は** 」 and not 「ものか **わ** 」, which would
probably be why you could not look it up.

As @Chocolate stated above, 「ものかは」 means **"trivial","trifling","of no
significance"** , etc. in Classical Japanese. It has a nuance similar to that
of " **to hell with** " without the vulgarity.

Thus, the haiku means:

**_"I won't be bothered with hangovers whilst the flowers are in bloom."_**

One final note:

When Japanese people say "while the flowers are in bloom", they are almost
always referring to a very short period of time. That is why we might want to
get drunk and not care about it if it were only for a few days.
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