the grasses in bloom the dew spilling down
kusa no sakeru o tsuyu no koboruru o
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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The grasses are in bloom; the dew is spilling over. He simply sets these side by side and offers them up, with no conclusion, no comment. Perhaps this really is everything that happens in an autumn meadow at morning. After words pared away and away, there is a stillness like the dew itself.