snow falling falling and I am watching the snow
yuki ga furufuru yuki mite oreba
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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The snow falls, falls. As long as he is watching, that alone is enough. In the doubled 'falling, falling' the snow that will not stop and the heart that never tires of watching are laid over each other.