cold rain falling and I am not yet dead
shigururu ya shinanaide iru
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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Soaked by the winter rain, the thought comes to him — I am still not dead. Not 'I am alive,' but 'I am not yet dead.' A felt truth that fits no other phrasing, held in the cold rain.