Going up the Tenryū River.
the sound of water — today too i travel alone
mizuoto kyō mo hitori tabiyuku
1939–1940 · Matsuyama, Issō-an hermitage
Sōmokutō · The Crow (Karasu)
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Headed "going up the Tenryū River." Listening to the sound of the river's water, today too he travels alone. The sound of the water is itself a traveler forever flowing on — and for a companion, that is enough.