At Ryokuhei's dwelling. Two poems.
I long to see you — the slag heap has come into view
aitai, botayama ga miedashita
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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The headnote reads 'At Ryokuhei's dwelling.' A botayama is a hill heaped from the waste rock of a coal mine; that it has come into view means the land where his friend lives is near. The candor of setting 'I long to see you' right at the head of the poem.