blooming quietly and falling
hissori saite chirimasu
1936–1937 · At Gochū-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
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Blooming quietly and quietly falling away. The whole life of a flower no one sees is pinned down with the polite "falls." It can also be heard, just as it is, as the greeting of one who lives unnoticed.