a cicada crying too close a cicada
tsukutsukubōshi amari ni chikaku tsukutsukubōshi
1934–1936 · Toward the mountains, toward the water
Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)
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The cry of the tsukutsukubōshi cicada is far too close. The same voice frames the poem head and tail, as if it were ringing inside his very ears. The whole hut is wrapped in this last voice of summer.