Poem
Toshio Nakae
NIGHT AND FISH
At night fish have a sensethat they are flowing out of the Earth
busily flapping their tailfins
as water becomes scarce
the night is so serene
they are self-conscious about their noisy splashing
lest they be heard by someone
they peer through the night
and come upon a single water-strider
who drifted out many years ago, and
lost his way home
he
is circling about
as if he has no worries
© Translation: 2007, Takako Lento
NIGHT AND FISH
© 1952, Toshio Nakae
From: Time within a Fish
Publisher: Daiichi Bungei Sha, Kyoto
From: Time within a Fish
Publisher: Daiichi Bungei Sha, Kyoto
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NIGHT AND FISH
At night fish have a sensethat they are flowing out of the Earth
busily flapping their tailfins
as water becomes scarce
the night is so serene
they are self-conscious about their noisy splashing
lest they be heard by someone
they peer through the night
and come upon a single water-strider
who drifted out many years ago, and
lost his way home
he
is circling about
as if he has no worries
© 2007, Takako Lento
From: Time within a Fish
From: Time within a Fish
NIGHT AND FISH
At night fish have a sensethat they are flowing out of the Earth
busily flapping their tailfins
as water becomes scarce
the night is so serene
they are self-conscious about their noisy splashing
lest they be heard by someone
they peer through the night
and come upon a single water-strider
who drifted out many years ago, and
lost his way home
he
is circling about
as if he has no worries
© 2007, Takako Lento
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