the goodness of the bamboo — dripping in the morning wind
take no yoroshisa wa asakaze no shizuku shitsutsu
1936–1937 · At the Gochūan hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
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The bamboo sways in the morning wind, and drops fall from the tips of its leaves. He names that sight, straight out, its 'goodness.' Standing upright, answering the wind with supple ease — the bamboo's form, gazed up at in the morning light.