Self-reproach
the wind of a hangover blows sadly through
yoizame no kaze no kanashiku fukinukeru
1937–1938 · Late Gochū-an period
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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A poem headed "self-reproach." Through a body from which the drink has worn off, the wind blows sadly through. He flees into liquor and then regrets it again. Knowing that cycle through and through, he still made a poem of nothing but the wind's sadness.