a whirligig quiet on water welling up and brimming over
maimai shizuka waite afururu mizu nareba
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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Over the face of water that wells up and brims over, a whirligig glides in silence. Precisely because the water is forever new, the stillness upon it is clear as well.