in the wind, gathering dead branches, walking on
kaze no kareki o hirōte wa aruku
1934–1936 · To the mountains, to the waters
Sōmokutō · Walking Mountains, Walking Waters (Sankō suikō)
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On a windswept road he walks along, picking up fallen dead branches — kindling, no doubt. Cold and want turn, in the gathering and the walking, into the ordinary work of a day.