even the sound of the raindrops has grown old
amadare no oto mo toshi totta
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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Listening to the raindrops, even their sound seems to have grown old. What has aged is not the sound but the ear that listens. And yet he tries saying it: 'the sound too.'