shaving off my white hair here and leaving
koko ni shiraga o soriotoshite saru
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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He shaves his head, gray-flecked, and leaves this place. Leaving behind only the shorn hair, he sets out again with nothing but himself. To depart is, just so, to become light.