食べるだけはいただいた雨となりhaving been given just enough to eat and now it turns to rain
たべるだけは いただいた あめと なりtaberu dake wa itadaita ame to nari
大正14年〜昭和7年(1925-1932) 行乞流転の旅1925–1932 · Years of mendicant wandering
『草木塔』鉢の子Sōmokutō · The Begging Bowl (Hachi no ko)
行乞して、今日食べる分だけはいただけた。そこへ雨が降り出す。もう歩かなくてよい、という合図のような雨。足りるということを知る、一日の終わり。On his begging rounds, he has received at least enough to eat for the day. And then the rain sets in — rain like a signal that he need walk no further. The close of a day in which he comes to know what it is to have enough.