across the water the lights of the women's houses begin to flicker
mizu o hedatete onagoya no hi ga matataki dashita
1933–1934 · Begging journeys out from the hermitage
Sōmokutō · On the Begging Road (Gyōkotsu tojō)
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On the far bank across the water, the lights of the pleasure houses where the women are have begun to come on. Lights that have nothing to do with a mendicant's life sway and flicker on the water's surface. The distant, alluring world of people at the water's edge at dusk.