on a frosty night there'll be a bed somewhere
shimoyo no nedoko ga dokoka ni arō
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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On a night of falling frost, tonight's bed is still unfixed. Even so, he walks on trusting there will be one somewhere. Aimlessness and a strange optimism live together in this.