P78-2
満月のかげをやどした皿の水飲んでしばしは明るくなれり
drinking water
from a dish that held
the reflection
of the full moon,
I grew bright
P78-5
髪洗うひとりの夜は幻の電話のベルがいつも鳴りだす
on nights
when I am alone
washing my hair
a phantom telephone
always starts to ring
P79-5
子を抱いて路上に物乞いをする女或は私の過去かも知れず
the woman
with a child, telling fortunes
on the street —
maybe that
is my past life
P80-2
アイロンがため息もらす こんなことする為だけの一生なのか
the iron
lets out a sigh —
am I alive for the sole purpose
of doing such things?
P92-2
指先にふれればひんやり冷えていて夜の歩道に咲くチューリップ
tulips in bloom
by the night path –
brushing them
with my fingertips,
I feel their chilling
P93-1
自らを脱いで生まれる苦しみを蛇の抜け殻見ながら思う
seeing the skin
discarded by a snake,
I think about
the pain of shedding myself
to be reborn
