Poem
Ryuichi Tamura
HOYA
Hoya is nowin the middle of autumn. I am now
in the middle of misery
The misery has deep origins
It has a deep-rooted history.
Blazing summer has finally ended
Autumn breezes pass from one end to the other of the Musashino plain
My small house sits on a spot
in dark Musashino, silent Musashino
In my small house
I have a small room of my own
In the small room I turn on a light
I labor, zeroing in on my misery,
until the deep-rooted misery in my heart
thrusts its roots into the earth, and
grows into that gigantic Zelkova tree
in my forsaken backyard
© Translation: 2007, Takako Lento
HOYA
© 1956, Ryuichi Tamura
From: The Four Thousand Days and Nights
Publisher: Tokyo Sogen-sha, Tokyo
From: The Four Thousand Days and Nights
Publisher: Tokyo Sogen-sha, Tokyo
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HOYA
Hoya is nowin the middle of autumn. I am now
in the middle of misery
The misery has deep origins
It has a deep-rooted history.
Blazing summer has finally ended
Autumn breezes pass from one end to the other of the Musashino plain
My small house sits on a spot
in dark Musashino, silent Musashino
In my small house
I have a small room of my own
In the small room I turn on a light
I labor, zeroing in on my misery,
until the deep-rooted misery in my heart
thrusts its roots into the earth, and
grows into that gigantic Zelkova tree
in my forsaken backyard
© 2007, Takako Lento
From: The Four Thousand Days and Nights
From: The Four Thousand Days and Nights
HOYA
Hoya is nowin the middle of autumn. I am now
in the middle of misery
The misery has deep origins
It has a deep-rooted history.
Blazing summer has finally ended
Autumn breezes pass from one end to the other of the Musashino plain
My small house sits on a spot
in dark Musashino, silent Musashino
In my small house
I have a small room of my own
In the small room I turn on a light
I labor, zeroing in on my misery,
until the deep-rooted misery in my heart
thrusts its roots into the earth, and
grows into that gigantic Zelkova tree
in my forsaken backyard
© 2007, Takako Lento
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