watching the moon go down and I am alone
ochikakaru tsuki o mite iru ni hitori
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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He watches the moon sinking toward the west. Then it strikes him — he is the only one still awake at this hour to watch it. No one else stays up until the moon goes down.