another day ending, a little sunset glow
mata ichinichi ga owaru to shite sukoshi yūyakete
1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)
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Another day is about to end, and the sky glows a little with sunset. That measure, "a little," is honest. He takes the undramatic close of a perfectly ordinary day just as it is, and sees it off.