Returning to the hermitage
back after so long — bamboo shoots springing up and up
hisabisa modoreba takenoko nyoki nyoki
1933–1934 · Begging journeys out from the hermitage
Sōmokutō · On the Begging Road (Gyōkotsu tojō)
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A poem headed "Returning to the hermitage." Coming back to the hut after a long absence, he finds the bamboo shoots springing up and up. While he was away, the hermitage's time flowed on all the same. The risen shoots stand there in place of a "welcome home."