Water

「羽下る。
雲の御無沙汰。
悔し泣き。」

Hane kudaru.
Kumo no gobusata.
Kuyashinaki.

A feather descends. (The verb for 'descend' here also means 'surrender' or for orders 'to be passed down' from above)
The long silence of the clouds.
Tears of regret.