willow leaves fall and there I begin my begging
yanagi chiru soko kara koi hajimeru
1936 · The long journey east
Sōmokutō · From Journey to Journey (Tabi kara tabi e)
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A street corner where willow leaves are scattering. Today he begins his alms-round from there. That the day's starting marker should be a falling willow. The poem records the first step of a life close to begging, neither ashamed nor dressed up.