Passed-on fire

Anybody want fire?
Here is nice-colored fire.
Like a bonfire in a cedar forest.
Like an Indian magic fire.
 
The fire that lit this cigarette in my mouth
was passed on to me a while ago by a stranger on the street.
A strange fire.
A noble fire of aventurine color.
 
Anybody want this fire?
The fire to be passed on from one to another and kept alive.
Just one person would be fine but two
would be even better.
Won’t anybody come by
before I finish this cigarette?

もらった火

もらった火

火を欲しい人はないか
よい色の火です
杉林のなかの焚火のやう
印度の魔術の火のやう


いま咥えてゐるタバコの火は
先刻（さっき）ゆきずりの人からもらった
ふしぎな火
砂金石色の貴い火


この火をもらひたい人はないか
順送りにもたせて生かしときたい火
一人でもよい　二人なら
なほ一層よい
このタバコ吸ひ切るまでに
誰れか　来ないか