an unwilling parting — the day darkening early, the tenth-night moon
hoinai wakare no kureyasui tsuki ga tōka-goro
1934–1936 · To the mountains, to the waters
Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)
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On the day of a parting he did not wish for, dusk comes quickly, and the moon of around the tenth already hangs early in the sky. Night arrives with the regret still unsettled. The not-yet-full moon resembles the shape of a parting.