the moon too on the water's floor there is a travelling sky
tsuki mo minasoko ni tabizora ga aru
1936 · The long journey east
Sōmokutō · From Journey to Journey (Tabi kara tabi e)
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Peering into the water, he finds the moon sunk there, and beyond it the sky itself. The travelling sky spreads not only overhead but down to the water's floor. Wherever he looks, he is inside the journey — the very condition of a wanderer, mirrored back.