buds on the trees buds in the grass I keep on walking
ko no me kusa no me arukitsuzukeru
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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Along a road where the buds of the trees and the buds of the grass have all begun to unfurl, he simply keeps on walking. Underfoot and overhead alike, newborn green. The vitality of budding gently pushes his traveling steps along.