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become a fly at autumn's end i go crawling along

aki mo owari no hae to nari haiaruku

1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)

Notes

At autumn's end a fly, its strength to fly spent, goes crawling along. "Become a fly" — watching the weakened creature, it turns into an image of himself. The slow gait of a life facing the coming winter.

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