minimal: DIRT (poem) - Shuntaro Tanikawa - Japan - Poetry International
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泥
記憶は
濃い
夕闇
 
悔いも
老いには
かすかな光
 
もう咲かない
花々の
種子
 
今も蒔き続け
泥を
歌わせる
 
DIRT
Memories are
deep
evening darkness
 
To an aging mind
even regret is
a subtle source of light
 
Seeds
from many flowers
that no longer bloom
 
I still keep on sowing them
to make the dirt
sing
© 2002, Shuntaro Tanikawa
From: minimal
Publisher: Shichosha, Tokyo, 2002, 4783713235
 
 
 
 
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© Translation: 2011, Takako U. Lento
From: The Art of Being Alone: Poems 1952-2009
Publisher: Cornell University, Ithica, New York, 2011, 1050-2955