pine wind, pine shade, lying down
matsukaze matsukage nekoronde
1933–1934 · Begging journeys out from the hermitage
Sōmokutō · On the Begging Road (Gyōkotsu tojō)
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Wind of the pines, shade of the pines. Lie down beneath them, and even the middle of a journey becomes time for a nap. The pleasant sound of the layered words "matsukaze matsukage" is, just so, the coolness of the tree's shade.