To Jumei
those footsteps coming through the leaves I know them
ochiba fumikuru sono ashioto wa shitte iru
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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There come footsteps treading through the fallen leaves. Though he cannot see who it is, he knows those footsteps — it is Jumei. To know a person by his footfall alone is that kind of closeness. The glad certainty of an ear that waits for a friend to visit.