The Shinano road
walk — a cuckoo; hurry — a cuckoo
arukeba kakkō isogeba kakkō
1936 · Journey to Tōhoku
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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Walk, and a cuckoo; hurry, and a cuckoo. Indifferent to human circumstance, the bird just calls in the same steady tone. His own impatience suddenly strikes him as funny. A poem that tells you, in the morning, there is no need to rush.