the moon shines perfectly clear right over the prison
tsuki wa sumiwatari keimusho no maue
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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A perfectly clear moon hangs directly over the prison. The same moonlight reaches both inside the wall and out. That brightness, which passes no judgment, is clearest of all above that building.