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already withering the blades of grass in the rain

mō kareru kusa no ha no ame to nari

1936–1937 · At Gochū-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)

Notes

Rain has begun to fall on blades of grass that will soon wither. It moistens their one remaining spell before the end. Grass turning toward its close, and a rain that seems to see it off — a quiet scene of deepening autumn.

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