on today's road a dandelion has bloomed
kyō no michi no tanpopo saita
1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
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On the road he walks today a dandelion has opened, and he notices the small yellow that perhaps was not there yesterday. Wherever the road leads, what bloomed has bloomed, and that alone makes today's road a different road from yesterday's — a poem for the first step of the morning.