living alone the grass grows green and green
hitori sumeba aoao to shite kusa
1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)
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Living alone, all that meets the eye is grass, green and green. The hut where no visitors come is ringed by the greenness of the grass. The felt truth of living alone in summer — neither quite loneliness nor quite abundance.