the flycatcher, alone again, cries and cries
hitaki mata ichiwa to nareba shikiri naku
1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)
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The flycatcher, alone once more, cries incessantly. The voice of a bird whose companion is gone grows only busier. It is the ear of a man who likewise lives alone that can tell the change in that voice.