down from the spring mountain rolling, rolling, little stones
haru no yama kara korokoro ishikoro
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
haru no yama kara korokoro ishikoro
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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Down the spring mountain path little stones come rolling, korokoro. The echo between "rolling" and "pebble" becomes, in itself, the lightness of the mountain. There is no deep meaning — only delight. You can even hear the mountain, tensed all winter, loosening and beginning to move.