thunder crashes and fragrant the flower pure white
kaminari todoroku ya fukuiku to shite hana no mashiroku
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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Thunder crashes. Beneath its violence the flower goes on giving off its fragrance and blooming pure white. The roar and the quiet whiteness both belong to a single summer.