deep in the mountains the butterbur shoots at least are in bloom
yamafukaku fuki no tō nara saite iru
1936 · The long journey east
Sōmokutō · From Journey to Journey (Tabi kara tabi e)
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Deep in the mountains, far from any village, even if there are as yet no proper flowers, the butterbur shoots at least have already poked up. For no one to see, spring goes about spring's work. The small, warm surprise of coming upon them on a mountain path comes through just as it was.