in the lee of the rock water truly welling up
iwakage masashiku mizu ga waite iru
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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In the shadow of a rock, water is truly welling up. In the insistence of that 'truly' is the wordless joy of one who, at the end of his thirst, has at last found it.