So remote the mountains, / I collect water

So remote the mountains,
I collect water
as it drips from the rocks,
in intervals gathering horse chestnuts
that come plop-plopping down

So remote the mountains,
no friendly birds
chirping close by —
only the fearful
voice of the owl
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Saigyo
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