truly I cannot settle — the grass withering, withering
shinjitsu ochitsukenai kusa no karegare
1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)
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The grass around the hut has withered away. Like that scene, his heart truly cannot settle. In the insistence of "truly" seeps the frustration of a man who tries to be calm and cannot.