naked since morning, a dragonfly alights
asa kara hadaka de tonbo ga tomaru
1934–1936 · To the mountains, to the waters
Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)
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Spending the morning naked, he finds a dragonfly has alighted on his skin. It must have taken the man for a tree or a stone. The easy familiarity of one living thing with another in the heat.