the evening water ruffles a little
mizu no yūbe no sukoshi namidatsu
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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The surface of the water at dusk ruffles just a little. A faint movement, whether or not there is any wind. In the light at the day's end, he watches only that small stirring.