drunk I'd been sleeping with the crickets
yōte kōrogi to nete ita yo
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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Passed out drunk, he comes to and finds he had been sleeping alongside the crickets. The final yo of 'I'd been sleeping' rings like a slightly sheepish report, delivered after waking.