down from the moon a flutter a persimmon leaf
tsuki kara hirari kaki no ha
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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As he gazes up at the moon, a single persimmon leaf comes fluttering down — as if it had drifted down from the moon itself. Within a very short verse, the moon in the heavens and one leaf on the earth are joined in a single stroke.