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when I sit there is wind autumn weeds

suwareba kaze ga aru aki no zassō

1936 · The long journey east
Sōmokutō · From Journey to Journey (Tabi kara tabi e)

Notes

Tired of walking, he sits down, and a wind he had not noticed while standing is stroking the weeds. There is a wind you can meet only from the low place of sitting. Autumn received at the same height as the nameless grasses.

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