When, from loneliness, I stand up and leave my hut and look distractedly about: everywhere it is the same evening in autumn.
Master of the Law Ryōzen
Translation from Mostow, Joshua S. Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1995.
When, from loneliness, I stand up and leave my hut and look distractedly about: everywhere it is the same evening in autumn.