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Autumn’s evening is a seasonal poetic symbol of loneliness and dreariness and rain drops are symbolic of tear drops. Maki is a plum pine but is also used for pines in general. "Maki" can also be read as "scatter" or "sprinkle" so you can read the third line as the pine’s needles are scattered while the fog rises up through the trees.
One Hundred Leaves: A new annotated translation of the Hyakunin Isshu
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