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having received enough I set down my one pair of chopsticks

itadaite tarite hitori no hashi o oku

1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)

Notes

With what he was given, there was enough. Finishing his solitary meal, he sets down his chopsticks. The stillness of having had enough — you can almost hear even the small sound of the chopsticks being laid down.

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