With every step
gauging what is underfoot
mountain guide

In their eyes
mountains lingering
my mates

Swans and cormorants
in a row on the bank
a piano chord

Step by step by step
by step by step by step by
step up this mountain

By touch
my lover's hand
beside me

Right next to me
the mountain stream runs
straight through me

The old man
turns his chair to the window
and falls asleep