Poem
Shinjiro Kurahara
CHAR
Some bright daylight in May,time is so heavy,
I just glance at a celadon bowl.
In the sky-colored bottom
two char move in and out.
When the water is waved by the passing wind,
the backs of the char gently shine salmon-pink
and a cloud in the Sung dynasty crosses on the bottom.
Trailing the shadow of a long time,
the char sleep down in the abyss of melancholy,
wake up at times and splash,
and then before I know it swim in the azure sky.
© Translation: 2010, Mariko Kurahara, William I. Elliott, Katsumasa Nishihara
From: Iwana
Publisher: Dowaya, Tokyo, 2010
From: Iwana
Publisher: Dowaya, Tokyo, 2010
岩魚
岩魚
五月のあかるい昼さがりあまりに生の時間が重いので
私はひとり青磁の鉢を見ている
空いろの底に
二匹の岩魚が見えたりかくれたり
すぎる風に水がゆれると
岩魚の背もかすかに紅いろに光る
また 水底をよぎる遠い宋時代の雲
ながい時間のかげりをひいて
憂いの淵に岩魚は ねむり
時に目を醒まして はねると
いつのまにか蒼天をおよいでいる
© 1964, Shinjiro Kurahara
From: Iwana
Publisher: Dowaya, Tokyo
From: Iwana
Publisher: Dowaya, Tokyo
Poems
Poems of Shinjiro Kurahara
Close
CHAR
Some bright daylight in May,time is so heavy,
I just glance at a celadon bowl.
In the sky-colored bottom
two char move in and out.
When the water is waved by the passing wind,
the backs of the char gently shine salmon-pink
and a cloud in the Sung dynasty crosses on the bottom.
Trailing the shadow of a long time,
the char sleep down in the abyss of melancholy,
wake up at times and splash,
and then before I know it swim in the azure sky.
© 2010, Mariko Kurahara, William I. Elliott, Katsumasa Nishihara
From: Iwana
Publisher: 2010, Dowaya, Tokyo
From: Iwana
Publisher: 2010, Dowaya, Tokyo
CHAR
Some bright daylight in May,time is so heavy,
I just glance at a celadon bowl.
In the sky-colored bottom
two char move in and out.
When the water is waved by the passing wind,
the backs of the char gently shine salmon-pink
and a cloud in the Sung dynasty crosses on the bottom.
Trailing the shadow of a long time,
the char sleep down in the abyss of melancholy,
wake up at times and splash,
and then before I know it swim in the azure sky.
© 2010, Mariko Kurahara, William I. Elliott, Katsumasa Nishihara
From: Iwana
Publisher: 2010, Dowaya, Tokyo
From: Iwana
Publisher: 2010, Dowaya, Tokyo
Sponsors
Partners
LantarenVenster – Verhalenhuis Belvédère