slipping and falling and the mountain hushed
subette koronde yama ga hissori
Early Shōwa era · On the begging road
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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He slips and falls on the mountain path. The pain and the embarrassment are his alone, while the mountain stays hushed and utterly still. That indifference becomes, of all things, a comfort.