at the crematory a puddle mirrors the clouds — cold
yakiba mizutamari kumo o utsushite samuku
1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)
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A puddle beside the crematory mirrors the winter clouds. A place where bodies are burned, and water that reflects the sky. Saying nothing more, the poem closes only with "cold," and that cold lingers on and on.