flung out my legs still in the sun
nagedashite mada hi no aru ashi
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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Worn out from walking, he flings his legs out, and the sun is still on them. There is time yet before dusk. Resting legs and lingering light — that much, and no more, is the ease of it.