when I stop the road runs toward the sound of water
tachidomaru to mizuoto no suru hō e michi
1937–1938 · Late years at Gochū-an
Sōmokutō · Persimmon Leaves (Kaki no ha)
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He stops and listens, and hears the sound of water. Looking, he finds the road leads that very way. When road and water-sound point in the same direction, no hesitation is needed — one has only to follow the sound.