Hokku 41
The ancient song of my heart Comes and goes in Life's light.
Sudden, a glow, a rainbow. Draws its line across the breast of my soul.
Yone Noguchi
The ancient song of my heart Comes and goes in Life's light.
Sudden, a glow, a rainbow. Draws its line across the breast of my soul.
Yone Noguchi’s “Hokku 41” reads as a hushed glimpse into an inner state. The speaker feels something old and intimate—“the ancient song of my heart”—moving in and out of “Life’s light,” as if a deep emotion or memory only sometimes becomes visible or felt.
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