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Poem

Shuntaro Tanikawa

SONG

Someone
is singing
of me

in a tune of clouds
in a harmony of
trees
 
someday the rhyming
rhythm of my heart
will cease
 
but the song will go on
celebrating
you
 
The melody of water
will flow
along the river bottom
 
The pause of night
will echo
in the ruins
 

誰かが
私を
歌っている
 
雲の調べで
木々の
和音で
 
いつかやむ
心臓の
韻律
 
だが歌は続く
君を
讃えて
 
川底に
流れる
水の旋律

廃墟に
響く
夜の休止符
Close

SONG

Someone
is singing
of me

in a tune of clouds
in a harmony of
trees
 
someday the rhyming
rhythm of my heart
will cease
 
but the song will go on
celebrating
you
 
The melody of water
will flow
along the river bottom
 
The pause of night
will echo
in the ruins
 

SONG

Someone
is singing
of me

in a tune of clouds
in a harmony of
trees
 
someday the rhyming
rhythm of my heart
will cease
 
but the song will go on
celebrating
you
 
The melody of water
will flow
along the river bottom
 
The pause of night
will echo
in the ruins
 
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