ぬいてもぬいても草の執着をぬくpull and pull and still i pull the grass's clinging

ぬいてもぬいてもくさのしゅうじゃくをぬくnuite mo nuite mo kusa no shūjaku o nuku

昭和7年〜9年(1932-1934) 其中庵にて1932–1934 · At the Gochū hermitage
『草木塔』其中一人Sōmokutō · One Man Within (Gochū hitori)

解説Notes

抜いても抜いても生えてくる草。むしっているのは草か、それとも自分の中の執着か。土にしがみつく根の手ごたえを通して、捨てたはずのものがまだ自分に残っていることを知る。The weeds grow back however much he pulls. Is it the grass he is tearing out, or the attachment within himself? Through the pull of roots clinging to the earth, he learns that what he thought he had cast off still remains in him.

ことばをたどるFollow the words

草grass

ぬいてもぬいても草の執着をぬくpull and pull and still i pull the grass's clinging

この句で、起きる。Wake to this poem.