Santōka Alarm
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the sky clouds as if someone might come — loquat blossoms

dareka kisō na sora ga kumotte iru biwa no hana

1932–1934 · At the Gochū hermitage
Sōmokutō · One Man Within (Gochū hitori)

Notes

The sky clouds over, and for some reason he feels someone might come; in the garden are the plain flowers of the loquat. In a life with few visitors, even the look of the sky becomes a premonition of a guest. A poem in which a heart half-waiting, without meaning to, quietly gives itself away.

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