bleats in the sun bleats in the clouds — one goat
tereba naite kumoreba naite yagi ga ippiki
1936–1937 · At Gochū-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · A Landscape of Weeds (Zassō fūkei)
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It bleats when the sun shines and bleats when it clouds over — one goat. It seems to be complaining about the weather, but really it is just bleating. The voice of a single goat sounds like the companion of a solitary life.