the crow crying, the crow flying, nowhere to settle
naite karasu no tonde karasu no ochitsuku tokoro ga nai
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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Cry as it may, fly as it may, the crow has nowhere to settle. That restlessness belongs to the watching poet as well. In hermitage or on the road, the shadow of a heart that will not settle is mirrored in the crow.