voices drawing near — the tree buds bright
hitogoe no chikazuite kuru ko no me akaruku
1936–1937 · At Gochū-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
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Under trees just coming into bud, human voices approach from far off. Who it is is not yet clear. Still the buds are bright and the voices too are somehow bright. All that sits there is the glad premonition of a spring morning when something is about to begin.