letting the grass bloom and then letting the butterflies play
kusa o sakasete soshite chōcho o asobasete
1936–1937 · At Gochū-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
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It makes the grass bloom, and on top of that lets the butterflies play. No subject is named — it can be read as the garden, or as the spring sunlight. As "letting bloom" and "letting play" pile up, the world comes to seem moved by a gentle hand.