on a willful, as-i-please journey, i go on getting wet in the rain
wagamama kimama na tabi no ame ni wa nurete yuku
1933–1934 · Begging journeys out from the hermitage
Sōmokutō · On the Begging Road (Gyōkotsu tojō)
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A willful, as-he-pleases journey, commanded by no one — and precisely for that reason, when it rains he gets wet without complaint. The price of freedom he pays himself. In his stride as he walks on soaked, there is no trace of regret.