Falling ill at Iida · two poems
truly mountain country nothing but mountains and the moon's
makoto yamaguni no, yama bakari naru tsuki no
1936 · The long journey east
Sōmokutō · From Journey to Journey (Tabi kara tabi e)
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Composed while ill at Iida in Shinshū. Truly mountain country: as far as the eye reaches, nothing but mountains, and above them the moon has risen. The poem closes with 'the moon's,' broken off. The forlornness of a sick heart with no further words to give trails off into the blank space.