everyone in good health — the pumpkin flowers too
minna tassha de kabocha no hana mo
1936 · The long journey east
Sōmokutō · From Journey to Journey (Tabi kara tabi e)
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The people he has come to visit are all in good health, and out in the garden the pumpkin has put out its yellow flowers. Human vigor and floral vigor stand side by side in a single line. The joy of a long-awaited reunion spills out in plain, unadorned words.