Poem
Jūkichi Yagi
A Jar
I want to love a jar.Today—oh!
O jar, that arises in the calmness of my heart!
You have nothing in you.
Your emptiness!
O jar, my heart
strangely trembles
calling you, “My jar.”
© Translation: 2008, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura
A JAR
© 1925, Jūkichi Yagi
From: Aki no hitomi
Publisher: Shinchosha, Tokyo
From: Aki no hitomi
Publisher: Shinchosha, Tokyo
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A Jar
I want to love a jar.Today—oh!
O jar, that arises in the calmness of my heart!
You have nothing in you.
Your emptiness!
O jar, my heart
strangely trembles
calling you, “My jar.”
© 2008, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura
From: Aki no hitomi
From: Aki no hitomi
A Jar
I want to love a jar.Today—oh!
O jar, that arises in the calmness of my heart!
You have nothing in you.
Your emptiness!
O jar, my heart
strangely trembles
calling you, “My jar.”
© 2008, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura
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