brimming, becoming spring water, it overflows
tataete haru no mizu to shi afureru
1939 · The last long journey
Sōmokutō · Heart for the Road (Tabigokoro)
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The brimming water, becoming spring water, overflows this very moment. The rich, glittering feel of water filled by rain and snowmelt. In the turn of phrase "becoming spring water" there is the joy of a season arrived in the form of water.