winterberry red and cheerful — white-eyes and buntings
umemodoki akakute kigen no yoi mejiro hōjiro
1936 · The long journey east
Sōmokutō · From Journey to Journey (Tabi kara tabi e)
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The winterberry fruits have ripened red, and white-eyes and buntings gather noisily around them. The good cheer of small birds pecking and calling to one another. At the red berries and the twitter of little birds, the traveler pauses a while.