Poem
Shuntaro Tanikawa
It's morning
First I stretch myself in bedI 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
© Translation: 2011, Takako Lento
From: The Art of Being Alone: Poems 1952–2009
Publisher: Cornell Univ. East Asia Program, , 2011
From: The Art of Being Alone: Poems 1952–2009
Publisher: Cornell Univ. East Asia Program, , 2011
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
© 2007, Shuntaro Tanikawa
From: Watashi (I Myself)
Publisher: Shichosha, Tokyo
From: Watashi (I Myself)
Publisher: Shichosha, Tokyo
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It's morning
First I stretch myself in bedI 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
© 2011, Takako Lento
From: The Art of Being Alone: Poems 1952–2009
Publisher: 2011, Cornell Univ. East Asia Program, Tokyo
From: The Art of Being Alone: Poems 1952–2009
Publisher: 2011, Cornell Univ. East Asia Program, Tokyo
It's morning
First I stretch myself in bedI 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
© 2011, Takako Lento
From: The Art of Being Alone: Poems 1952–2009
Publisher: 2011, Cornell Univ. East Asia Program,
From: The Art of Being Alone: Poems 1952–2009
Publisher: 2011, Cornell Univ. East Asia Program,
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