among the fallen leaves — a narcissus shoot, is it?
ochiba no suisen no me ka yo
1932–1934 · At the Gochū hermitage
Sōmokutō · One Man Within (Gochū hitori)
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Up through a gap in the piled fallen leaves rises a green shoot. "A narcissus shoot — is that you?" he asks, half in surprise. In a garden all one withered color, the next season has already quietly begun in miniature.