the moon rises and i wait for nothing
tsuki ga nobotte nani o matsu de mo naku
1932–1934 · At the Gochū hermitage
Sōmokutō · One Man Within (Gochū hitori)
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The moon climbs into the sky, and he who watches it waits for no one and for nothing. The loneliness of having nothing to wait for, and its freedom, become one thing in the brightness of the moon.