Poem
Jūkichi Yagi
Gardener
It’s a bright sunny day.Look out the window!
The gardener is working all day up in the trees.
It’s a hot day.
Who is it in my heart,
though I haven’t asked him,
pruning all day long?
© Translation: 2008, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura
GARDENER
© 1925, Jūkichi Yagi
From: Aki no hitomi
Publisher: Shinchosha, Tokyo
From: Aki no hitomi
Publisher: Shinchosha, Tokyo
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Gardener
It’s a bright sunny day.Look out the window!
The gardener is working all day up in the trees.
It’s a hot day.
Who is it in my heart,
though I haven’t asked him,
pruning all day long?
© 2008, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura
From: Aki no hitomi
From: Aki no hitomi
Gardener
It’s a bright sunny day.Look out the window!
The gardener is working all day up in the trees.
It’s a hot day.
Who is it in my heart,
though I haven’t asked him,
pruning all day long?
© 2008, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura
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