Hokku 22
Truth, like moon of day and night, Ever perfect, all silent and gold. Shed thy light over sorrow. Make me regain my rest and song.
Yone Noguchi
Truth, like moon of day and night, Ever perfect, all silent and gold. Shed thy light over sorrow. Make me regain my rest and song.
Yone Noguchi’s “Hokku 22” feels like a quiet prayer. The speaker addresses truth directly, picturing it as a moon that is always whole—whether seen by day or night—utterly silent and golden. Here truth is not harsh or argumentative; it is something calm, constant, and luminous.
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