Reflecting.
has my hat too begun to leak
kasa mo moridashita ka
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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The headnote reads 'Reflecting.' The hat he has worn for years has at last begun to let the rain through. In that single 'too' of 'my hat too' sounds the wearing-out of body and life alike, here and there.