wanting to do something — though the grass blades sway
nantoka shitai kusa no ha no soyogedomo
1932–1934 · At the Gochū hermitage
Sōmokutō · One Man Within (Gochū hitori)
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About his life, or about himself, he broods, wanting somehow to do something. Before his eyes the grass blades only sway. Beside a brooding human, the grass does not brood. That swaying seems almost to be an answer.