at last the post has come, and after that only ripe persimmons falling
yatto yūbin ga kite sorekara jukushi no ochiru dake
1934–1936 · To the mountains, to the waters
Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)
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The mail he had been waiting for has finally arrived. After that, only the stillness of a ripe persimmon dropping now and then. That is the whole of a day's events at the mountain hut — and on that alone a day is complete.