with the drops from the young leaves, with the drops from my hat
wakaba no shizuku de kasa no shizuku de
1933–1934 · Begging journeys out from the hermitage
Sōmokutō · On the Begging Road (Gyōkotsu tojō)
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The drops that fall from the young leaves after rain strike his sedge hat and fall again. The drops from the leaves and the drops from the hat join into one as he walks on through the green. To be wet is, just so, to be bathed in the season.