thinking of Sumita the persimmon leaves fall and fall
Sumita omoeba kaki no ha no ochiru ochiru
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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As he thinks of his distant friend Sumita, the persimmon leaves fall, and fall. The rhythm of the repetition lays the ceaseless falling of leaves over ceaseless longing. The hours spent thinking of a friend one cannot see run long.