P122-1
牛乳で熱を加へしサーモンの色素溶け出す夕暮れの色
the shades
of twilight are
the melting colours
from salmon
heated in milk
P124-3
馬上からリセの生徒のキス眺む鳥糞まみれのナポレオン像
a statue of Napoleon
on horseback, smeared
with bird droppings,
gazes at the sight
of high school kids kissing
P125-3
まな板に向かふ事にも飽きてきて空へ逃避し雲を調理する
growing tired
of facing a chopping board,
I fly away
into the sky
and cook some clouds
P125-5
昼に夜に我の握れる包丁を殺しの道具と伝へるテレビ
the cleaver
I grasp day and night
is described
on television
as a killing instrument
P127-1
完璧と消費の意を持つコンソメを休まず今日も仕込んでゐます
today again
I’m ceaselessly preparing
‘consommé’
whose name means both
‘perfection’ and ‘consumption’