In the third month, setting out east.
the journey too — tadpoles are already swimming
tabi mo itsushika otamajakushi ga oyoide iru
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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Written when he set out east in March. As he walks the season moves on, and before he knows it tadpoles are swimming in a puddle. He measures the length of the journey not by the calendar but by the growth of a living thing. A leisurely time flows on, with nothing to hurry it.