Gedicht
Shuntaro Tanikawa
DIRT
Memories aredeep
evening darkness
To an aging mind
even regret is
a subtle source of light
Seeds
from many flowers
that no longer bloom
I still keep on sowing them
to make the dirt
sing
© Translation: 2011, Takako U. Lento
From: The Art of Being Alone: Poems 1952-2009
Publisher: Cornell University, Ithica, New York, 2011
From: The Art of Being Alone: Poems 1952-2009
Publisher: Cornell University, Ithica, New York, 2011
泥
泥
記憶は濃い
夕闇
悔いも
老いには
かすかな光
もう咲かない
花々の
種子
今も蒔き続け
泥を
歌わせる
© 2002, Shuntaro Tanikawa
From: minimal
Publisher: Shichosha, Tokyo
From: minimal
Publisher: Shichosha, Tokyo
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泥
記憶は濃い
夕闇
悔いも
老いには
かすかな光
もう咲かない
花々の
種子
今も蒔き続け
泥を
歌わせる
From: minimal
DIRT
Memories aredeep
evening darkness
To an aging mind
even regret is
a subtle source of light
Seeds
from many flowers
that no longer bloom
I still keep on sowing them
to make the dirt
sing
© 2011, Takako U. Lento
From: The Art of Being Alone: Poems 1952-2009
Publisher: 2011, Cornell University, Ithica, New York
From: The Art of Being Alone: Poems 1952-2009
Publisher: 2011, Cornell University, Ithica, New York
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