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Inuo Taguchi

TO DOCTOR SPRING

Entrusting Time to the warm sea
I will go doctor Spring
Seasons turn and illnesses cycle
I will rush to make a house call on my own
 
My white coat dances and my doctor’s bag sings
Spring is a splendid patient, so
I will first hear the views of streams
then listen to her pulse
and I will let clouds float and will observe her health
 
Spring has her own dreams
broken loves and songs, too
Since Spring is a splendid patient
her medical chart is the song of birds
 
I will swear my love to Spring and
I will surely come back tomorrow to make a call

voorjaarsbehandeling

aan de warme zee laat ik de tijd
ik zal de lente behandelen
seizoenen wisselen en besmettelijke ziekten steken weer de kop op
ik zal me er zelf heen haasten
 
de witte jas danst, de dokterstas zingt
de lente is een luchthartige patiënt
laten we eerst maar de mening van de beek vragen
en daarna lente de pols nemen
en wolken voortdrijvend haar toestand bekijken
 
de lente heeft haar lentedromen
en onbeantwoorde verliefdheden en liederen
de lente is een schitterende patiënt en daarom
is het getjilp van vogels mijn overzichtsstaat
 
ik zweer lente mijn liefde
morgen kom ik zeker weer op ziekenbezoek

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TO DOCTOR SPRING

Entrusting Time to the warm sea
I will go doctor Spring
Seasons turn and illnesses cycle
I will rush to make a house call on my own
 
My white coat dances and my doctor’s bag sings
Spring is a splendid patient, so
I will first hear the views of streams
then listen to her pulse
and I will let clouds float and will observe her health
 
Spring has her own dreams
broken loves and songs, too
Since Spring is a splendid patient
her medical chart is the song of birds
 
I will swear my love to Spring and
I will surely come back tomorrow to make a call

TO DOCTOR SPRING

Entrusting Time to the warm sea
I will go doctor Spring
Seasons turn and illnesses cycle
I will rush to make a house call on my own
 
My white coat dances and my doctor’s bag sings
Spring is a splendid patient, so
I will first hear the views of streams
then listen to her pulse
and I will let clouds float and will observe her health
 
Spring has her own dreams
broken loves and songs, too
Since Spring is a splendid patient
her medical chart is the song of birds
 
I will swear my love to Spring and
I will surely come back tomorrow to make a call
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