tilling alone I find myself singing
hitori tagayaseba utau nari
1936–1937 · At Gochū-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
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Working the field alone, at some point a song has slipped out. A song with no one to hear it comes in time with the swing of the hoe. Solitary labor turns of its own accord into song — a spring moment in the vegetable patch.