the pleasure quarter — night not yet broken — a row of leafy willows
onago ya wa yoru ga mada akenai hayanagi namiki
1939 · The last long journey
Sōmokutō · Heart for the Road (Tabigokoro)
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He passes through a pleasure quarter in the early morning. The women's houses are still asleep, the night not yet fully broken. Only the row of leafy willows out front stands in the pale, whitening light. A passing eye sees the stillness after the revels.