out of the wind caw caw a crow
kaze no naka kara kā kā karasu
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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Out of the sound of the strong wind comes the caw, caw of a crow. He cannot see it. Only the voice, crying on undefeated by the wind's roar, reaches him as a sign of a living creature.