in a tree already budding a bird is crying
haya mebuku ki de naite iru
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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In a tree that has already begun to bud, a bird is crying. The swelling buds and the ringing voice: the sense of spring all at once beginning to stir gathers into a single tree.