leaves fall and fall into my begging bowl too
ko no ha furu furu hachi no ko e mo
1936 · The long journey east
Sōmokutō · From Journey to Journey (Tabi kara tabi e)
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Into the iron bowl he carries for begging alms, instead of rice or coins, leaves come falling. Within the soft repetition of 'falling, falling,' even that is received as a kind of alms from heaven.