traveler that I am, let me dig clams with you a while
tabibito watashi mo shibashi issho ni kai horō
1939 · The last long journey
Sōmokutō · Heart for the Road (Tabigokoro)
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On the beach people are digging for clams. Traveler that I am, let me join them a while and dig too. A passing figure mingles for a moment in the labor of the place. A poem drawn out by the calm of the tide-flat beach.