Kawatana Hot Spring
wild roses — let me become the soil of this place
hana ibara koko no tsuchi to narō yo
1933–1934 · Begging journeys out from the hermitage
Sōmokutō · On the Begging Road (Gyōkotsu tojō)
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A poem headed "Kawatana Hot Spring." So taken with this land where wild roses bloom, he speaks to the flowers: let me just become the soil of this place. The heavy thought of laying his bones here is softly received by the brightness of the wild roses.