閉めて一人の障子を虫が来てたたくthe paper screen closed on my solitude, an insect comes and taps
しめて ひとりの しょうじを むしが きて たたくshimete hitori no shōji o mushi ga kite tataku
昭和9年〜11年(1934-1936) 山へ水へ1934–1936 · To the mountains, to the waters
『草木塔』山行水行Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)
障子を閉めてひとりの夜、虫が来てこつこつと障子をたたく。灯りを慕って来たのだろう。閉めた紙一枚の向こうに、訪ねてくるものがいる。On a night alone with the paper screen closed, an insect comes and taps at it, tap-tap. Drawn by the lamp, no doubt. Beyond a single sheet of paper he has shut, there is something come to visit.