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when i walk, butterbur buds

arukeba fuki no tō

1932–1934 · At the Gochū hermitage
Sōmokutō · One Man Within (Gochū hitori)

Notes

Walking along, he suddenly finds butterbur buds at his feet. That is the whole poem. What waited underground all winter has quietly shown its face. He did not find it by searching, but met it because he was walking. Spring begins, small, like this.

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