But these feelings feel like spring
The old man mutters to himself
On a flagstone in a burned-out field
That is what one particular man and his fate muttered
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this poem is in Tatsuji Miyoshi's book 'Rakuda no kobu ni matagatte',1952
- 'But These Feelings Feel Like Spring' in Jeffrey Angles’ translation, is 'Yet, a Stirring in Me Seems', in Takako Lento's translation