Poem
Shuntaro Tanikawa
NIGHT
Night –from somewhere comes
the sound of water boiling
a trace of
poison is
medicine
a person
violates another
unaware
without words
his heart
drifts
toward another
into darkness
toward faint torchlight
© 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
夜
夜
夜どこからか
湯のたぎる音
微量の
毒は
薬
ヒトはヒトを
侵す
気づかずに
言葉なく
流れる
心
ヒトへ
闇へ
僅かな灯火へ
© 2002, Shuntaro Tanikawa
From: minimal
Publisher: Shichosha, Tokyo
From: minimal
Publisher: Shichosha, Tokyo
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NIGHT
Night –from somewhere comes
the sound of water boiling
a trace of
poison is
medicine
a person
violates another
unaware
without words
his heart
drifts
toward another
into darkness
toward faint torchlight
© 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
NIGHT
Night –from somewhere comes
the sound of water boiling
a trace of
poison is
medicine
a person
violates another
unaware
without words
his heart
drifts
toward another
into darkness
toward faint torchlight
© 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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