home is far away and the buds on the trees
furusato wa tōku shite ko no me
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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Home is far. And yet the trees before him have already begun to bud. Right beside the heart that thinks of the place it cannot return to, spring comes round, minding no one at all.