わがままきままな旅の雨にはぬれてゆくon a willful, as-i-please journey, i go on getting wet in the rain
わがまま きままな たびの あめには ぬれてゆくwagamama kimama na tabi no ame ni wa nurete yuku
昭和8年〜9年(1933-1934) 庵からの行乞1933–1934 · Begging journeys out from the hermitage
『草木塔』行乞途上Sōmokutō · On the Begging Road (Gyōkotsu tojō)
誰に命じられたのでもない、わがまま気ままな旅。だからこそ、雨が降れば文句を言わずに濡れてゆく。自由の代金は自分で払う。濡れながら歩く足どりに、後悔の色はない。A willful, as-he-pleases journey, commanded by no one — and precisely for that reason, when it rains he gets wet without complaint. The price of freedom he pays himself. In his stride as he walks on soaked, there is no trace of regret.