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alone i listen — a woodpecker

hitori kiite ite kitsutsuki

1933–1934 · Begging journeys out from the hermitage
Sōmokutō · On the Begging Road (Gyōkotsu tojō)

Notes

Stopping on a mountain path, he hears a tapping at wood — a woodpecker. He is the only one listening. The bird taps the trunk meaning it for no one to hear. It is precisely because he listens alone that the mountain sound runs deep.

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