Poem
Jūkichi Yagi
[In early winter]
In early winter,I look down from a roof top garden.
The town of Kobe gives me
a look that is strangely off-putting
yet reminiscent of a streak of undeniable longing.
Only towards the mountain,
is it bright and clear as a fine autumn day.
Is it maybe because I’m looking down from a height?
What a pitiful sight it is with endless smoke rising gracelessly.
The town is evenly
coloured in dull steel blue
and appears disorderly.
I am pierced by an orderly streak of sorrow.
© Translation: 2017, Jyukichi Yagi
無題
無題
冬のはじめ屋上庭園のうへからみる
神戸の街の
妙によそよそしい
そのくせ ひとすぢのたちがたいあくがれのにじむだ顔、
山のほうだけは
秋ばれのようにすみきってあかるい、
たかいところからみるゆえだらうか
まやまやとたちのぼるむすうのけむりのいたましさ、
いちように
くすんだはがねいろの街のいろどり、
ざつ然としたそのすがたは
整然としたひとすぢのかなしみとなってつんざいてくる
© 1924, Jyukichi Yagi
From: 詩稿「貧しきものの歌」(Manuscript \'Songs of the Poor\' )
From: 詩稿「貧しきものの歌」(Manuscript \'Songs of the Poor\' )
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[In early winter]
In early winter,I look down from a roof top garden.
The town of Kobe gives me
a look that is strangely off-putting
yet reminiscent of a streak of undeniable longing.
Only towards the mountain,
is it bright and clear as a fine autumn day.
Is it maybe because I’m looking down from a height?
What a pitiful sight it is with endless smoke rising gracelessly.
The town is evenly
coloured in dull steel blue
and appears disorderly.
I am pierced by an orderly streak of sorrow.
© 2017, Jyukichi Yagi
From: 詩稿「貧しきものの歌」(Manuscript \'Songs of the Poor\' )
From: 詩稿「貧しきものの歌」(Manuscript \'Songs of the Poor\' )
[In early winter]
In early winter,I look down from a roof top garden.
The town of Kobe gives me
a look that is strangely off-putting
yet reminiscent of a streak of undeniable longing.
Only towards the mountain,
is it bright and clear as a fine autumn day.
Is it maybe because I’m looking down from a height?
What a pitiful sight it is with endless smoke rising gracelessly.
The town is evenly
coloured in dull steel blue
and appears disorderly.
I am pierced by an orderly streak of sorrow.
© 2017, Jyukichi Yagi
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