A Pebble
I’ve been ill for a long time,
and I was walking with my head stooped over
when I found a single stray pebble bathed in sunlight.
and I was walking with my head stooped over
when I found a single stray pebble bathed in sunlight.
© Jūkichi Yagi
From: Kanashiki Shinto (Poor Believers)
Publisher: Nogikusha, Tokyo, 1928
© Translation: 2008, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura