passage of the seasons; changing of the four seasons
A poetic or literary expression for the gradual transition and flow of the seasons, often evoking a sense of impermanence.
I stroll through the garden, feeling the passage of the seasons.
This haiku captures the changing of the four seasons.
Compound of 四季 (four seasons) and 移ろい (the noun form of 移ろう, meaning to change or shift), literally 'the shifting of the four seasons'.