百舌鳥啼いて身の捨てどころなしa shrike cries and there is nowhere to lay this body down

もずないてみのすてどころなしmozu naite mi no sutedokoro nashi

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)

解説Notes

百舌の鋭い声が響く。この身の捨てどころ、落ち着き先が、どこにもない。秋空を裂く鵙の高鳴きが、行き場のなさをまっすぐに突いてくる。The sharp cry of a shrike rings out. For this body there is no place to be cast down, nowhere at all to come to rest. The shrike's high call tearing the autumn sky strikes straight at his having nowhere to go.

ことばをたどるFollow the words

啼く

百舌鳥啼いて身の捨てどころなしa shrike cries and there is nowhere to lay this body down

この句で、起きる。Wake to this poem.