treading firm on the drizzle-wet earth i go on
shigururu tsuchi o fumishimete yuku
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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He plants each step firmly on ground softened by cold winter rain, and his footprints stay behind him. Rained on and with nowhere to be but the road, he keeps a sure, deliberate stride.