where there's a stone, where there's grass, it's withered
ishi ga areba kusa ga areba karete iru
1934–1936 · To the mountains, to the waters
Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)
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The grass beside the stones, the grass everywhere — all of it withered. A winter in which withering has spread into every corner of the landscape. He walks looking at it as it is, neither lamenting nor grieving.