deep autumn I fetch water and return
aki fukai mizu o morōte modoru
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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In the deepened autumn, he is given some clear water and returns to the hut. All he received was water. And yet, called "deep-autumn water," it sounds as though he draws the whole season home along with it.