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Poem

Shuntaro Tanikawa

It's morning

First I stretch myself in bed
I rise up in one breath
I go take a pee
I fetch newspapers
I am a miniscule power plant

The power of dry leaves falling
The power of tears from a fussing child
The power of the resonance of a Jews’ harp moving away
The power of casually placed punctuation
The power of Good Morning!

An invisible matrix
unites miniscule powers
I am one of its joints, too
A globe is placed on the table
I try to stare down the Earth

I drink a glass of carrot juice
I turn on my desktop computer
I sit unfocused for a little while
Unexpected words come to me
like water bubbles, like now

朝です

朝です

寝床の中でまずのびをします
むっくり起き上がります
おしっこします
新聞を取ってきます
私は微小なパワープラントです

散りかかる落葉の力
むずかる幼児の涙の力
遠ざかる口琴の響きの力
何気ない句読点の力
おはようの力

見えないマトリックスが
微小なパワーをむすびつけます
私もそのむすび目のひとつです
テーブルの上に地球が載っています
私は地球と睨めっこです

人参ジュースを飲みます
デスクトップのスイッチを入れます
しばらくぼんやりします
思いがけないコトバが浮かびます
こんなふうに 水泡のように
Close

It's morning

First I stretch myself in bed
I rise up in one breath
I go take a pee
I fetch newspapers
I am a miniscule power plant

The power of dry leaves falling
The power of tears from a fussing child
The power of the resonance of a Jews’ harp moving away
The power of casually placed punctuation
The power of Good Morning!

An invisible matrix
unites miniscule powers
I am one of its joints, too
A globe is placed on the table
I try to stare down the Earth

I drink a glass of carrot juice
I turn on my desktop computer
I sit unfocused for a little while
Unexpected words come to me
like water bubbles, like now

It's morning

First I stretch myself in bed
I rise up in one breath
I go take a pee
I fetch newspapers
I am a miniscule power plant

The power of dry leaves falling
The power of tears from a fussing child
The power of the resonance of a Jews’ harp moving away
The power of casually placed punctuation
The power of Good Morning!

An invisible matrix
unites miniscule powers
I am one of its joints, too
A globe is placed on the table
I try to stare down the Earth

I drink a glass of carrot juice
I turn on my desktop computer
I sit unfocused for a little while
Unexpected words come to me
like water bubbles, like now
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Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
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