crying, two or three — spring crows
naite nisanba haru no karasu de
1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)
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Two or three crows are cawing. That is all, but say "spring crows" and even their voices somehow sound peaceful. To birds so often disliked, spring comes equally too.