The Kiso road · three poems
the water I wanted to drink was running with a sound
nomitai mizu ga oto tatete ita
1936 · The long journey east
Sōmokutō · From Journey to Journey (Tabi kara tabi e)
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Composed on the Kiso road. His throat is dry; he wants water. Walking on with that thought, the very water is there, running with a sound. What he wants is there, freely, just as he wanted it. The joy of meeting a mountain path's gift at that moment.