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here once again the wild roses are scattering

koko ni futatabi hana ibara chitte iru

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

Notes

At a place he has come to again, the wild roses were again scattering. He has come once more, but the flowers are once more falling. The fondness of a return and the exactness of the season's turning quietly overlap.

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