Hokku 1
Where the flowers sleep, Thank God ! I shall sleep, to-night. Oh, come, butterfly !
Yone Noguchi
Where the flowers sleep, Thank God ! I shall sleep, to-night. Oh, come, butterfly !
A tired voice speaks in this three-line hokku. Looking at a spot “where the flowers sleep,” the speaker feels sudden, grateful relief: rest is now possible, too. The exclamation “Thank God!” is plain and direct, as if a long exhaustion has finally met a place to end.
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