the cranesbill blooms as its own quiet flower
gennoshōko no onore hisokana hana to saku
1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)
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The gennoshōko, a plant known as a medicinal herb, quietly puts out its small flowers. "Its own secret flower," shown to no one. He lends his heart to that way of being — inconspicuous, yet surely in bloom.