waking to thunder close overhead I sit up straight
kaminari o majika ni samete kashikomaru
1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)
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Woken by a thunderclap that struck close by, he unthinkingly straightened his posture. In the faintly comic word kashikomaru — to sit properly, reverently — appears an honest awe before the great power of nature.