where the water stands full a toad swims
mizu tataetareba oyogu hiki
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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Where the water stands brimming, the toad swims. With just that naturalness, the great bulk of it slowly paddles through the water. The ease of a creature that lives exactly as it is.