the mountain I'll never see again draws away
mata miru koto mo nai yama ga tōzakaru
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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Thinking he will surely never see it again, he watches, as he walks, the mountain drawing away behind him. A journey is made of just such a succession of small farewells.