A quiet shift in feeling fills these three lines. After what seems like a long wait, the speaker finally feels ready to raise chrysanthemum flowers. The doubled “to-day” gives the moment weight and near-ceremonial freshness, even though nothing dramatic happens. “At last” hints that this readiness has been slow in coming. The phrase “I grew to wish” is especially gentle: the desire does not strike suddenly but develops, almost like a plant. Chrysanthemums are flowers of autumn and patience, so wanting to grow them suggests a turn toward calm, care, and steady attention. The speaker does not describe planting them or seeing them bloom; the poem pauses at the wish itself. That makes the ending feel open and still. The mood is contemplative and quietly hopeful—less about the flowers themselves than about arriving at a moment when one can tend something living.
Hokku 62 — Summary
To-day, at last to-day, I grew to wish to raise The chrysanthemum flowers.