when sun strikes the withered pampas grass, as if someone might come
kareta susuki ni hi no tereba dareka kisō na
1934–1936 · To the mountains, to the waters
Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)
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Winter sun falls on the withered pampas grass, making it faintly bright. That brightness gives him the sense that someone might come. At a hut with few visitors, even the sunlight becomes a hint of a guest.