carrying home the water I was given — warm, and spilling
moroute modoru atatakana mizu no koboruru o
1938–1939 · Yuda · Fūraikyo hut
Sōmokutō · Cold and Alone (Kokan)
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He carries home water someone else has given him. With each step the warm water spills from the pail. Regretting the spillage, he feels spring in its warmth. The modest richness of a life lived on water begged from others.