Poem
Shinjiro Kurahara
Yesterday’s Images
A praying mantis on the edge of unconsciousnessraising its axes above the horizon,
gazes at the running clouds,
clings to the tip of a dry grass blade
and sways with it.
On its glassy blue eyes are reflected
the horizon in the afterglow,
speckles of a blue,
and thistles trembling in the distance.
Those are yesterday as it was.
© Translation: 2010, Mariko Kurahara, William I. Elliott, Katsumasa Nishihara
From: Iwana
Publisher: Dowaya, Tokyo, 2010
From: Iwana
Publisher: Dowaya, Tokyo, 2010
昨日の映像
昨日の映像
意識を失いかけたカマキリは斧を地平線の上に ふりあげたまま
走る雲を ながめたまま
枯草のてっぺんにしがみついたまま
枯草がゆれるとカマキリもゆれる
その青ガラスの瞳に映っているのは
残照にかがやく地平線
小さなシジミ蝶の小さな斑紋
遠くでゆれているアザミの花
それらはすべて昨日の映像のままだ
© 1964, Shinjiro Kurahara
From: Iwana
Publisher: Dowaya, Tokyo
From: Iwana
Publisher: Dowaya, Tokyo
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Yesterday’s Images
A praying mantis on the edge of unconsciousnessraising its axes above the horizon,
gazes at the running clouds,
clings to the tip of a dry grass blade
and sways with it.
On its glassy blue eyes are reflected
the horizon in the afterglow,
speckles of a blue,
and thistles trembling in the distance.
Those are yesterday as it was.
© 2010, Mariko Kurahara, William I. Elliott, Katsumasa Nishihara
From: Iwana
Publisher: 2010, Dowaya, Tokyo
From: Iwana
Publisher: 2010, Dowaya, Tokyo
Yesterday’s Images
A praying mantis on the edge of unconsciousnessraising its axes above the horizon,
gazes at the running clouds,
clings to the tip of a dry grass blade
and sways with it.
On its glassy blue eyes are reflected
the horizon in the afterglow,
speckles of a blue,
and thistles trembling in the distance.
Those are yesterday as it was.
© 2010, Mariko Kurahara, William I. Elliott, Katsumasa Nishihara
From: Iwana
Publisher: 2010, Dowaya, Tokyo
From: Iwana
Publisher: 2010, Dowaya, Tokyo
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