Poem
Hiroshi Kawasaki
MY OLD LADY SAID
This morningmy old lady in her bed
said,
too clearly for delirium,
“Crazy!”
That’s all –
only that.
She was about to wake up.
So I knew
straight away –
“Oh, it’s
about me.”
She is not
insane.
Sorry.
© Translation: 2006, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura
MY OLD LADY SAID
© 1982, Hiroshi Kawasaki
From: Right before waking up
Publisher: Shoshi Yamada,
From: Right before waking up
Publisher: Shoshi Yamada,
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MY OLD LADY SAID
This morningmy old lady in her bed
said,
too clearly for delirium,
“Crazy!”
That’s all –
only that.
She was about to wake up.
So I knew
straight away –
“Oh, it’s
about me.”
She is not
insane.
Sorry.
© 2006, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura
From: Right before waking up
From: Right before waking up
MY OLD LADY SAID
This morningmy old lady in her bed
said,
too clearly for delirium,
“Crazy!”
That’s all –
only that.
She was about to wake up.
So I knew
straight away –
“Oh, it’s
about me.”
She is not
insane.
Sorry.
© 2006, William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura
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