柳ちるそこから乞ひはじめるwillow leaves fall and there I begin my begging

柳の葉が散っている街角。今日はそこから行乞を始める。一日の始まりの目印が、散りゆく柳であること。物乞いに近い暮らしの一歩目を、句は恥じるでも飾るでもなく記す。A street corner where willow leaves are scattering. Today he begins his alms-round from there. That the day's starting marker should be a falling willow. The poem records the first step of a life close to begging, neither ashamed nor dressed up.