cold rain falling and into the rained-on mountains I walk
shigururu ya shigururu yama e ayumiiru
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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In the cold rain he walks of his own will into mountains that are themselves being rained upon. He does not shrink from getting wet. The doubled shigururu becomes, just so, the sound of the rain and the rhythm of his steps.