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As Though Cutting Off the Past
I had my hair cut on Sunday evening. I had it cut quite short. Because of that, a good many people said to me today, “You got your hair cut.” When a man gets a haircut, it is easy…
Snow on Incense-Burner Peak
Haze risesthrough the forest at dawn;the bell of Yi’ai Templeannounces the hour—a bell in the stillness. Haze risesin the forest at dawn;the bell of Yi’ai Templeechoes—…
The Back of You Whom I Saw Off
The back of you whom I saw off dissolves into the crowd— a spring evening. You, clad in the time of Guerlain, are now the sadness of the wind on a spring evening. With the label of…
Happy New Year
The flower bucket admired by visiting people— I shall set it down in the dawn of pure white snow. Still, I have been bedridden for about 3 days and could not go to the Millenario.…
Twenty Years
Twenty years, piled higher than illness, now slowly melting away It is already year-end. Time passes so quickly. Looking back, I first went to the cancer center when I was 20, on M…
The Kumano Road
On the Kumano Road,a deep lapis blue;over the quietThree Mountains of Ise,a curtain of night.
Rising Haze
Haze rises through Zeus’s forest, echoing far and wide: the sound of felling German spruces
Windblown Snow in the Dawn Sky
As the dawn sky slowly takes on color, windblown snow scatters over the surface of the hot water. In reply to Wind Chime’s Beside the hot water, a dazzling orange sky turns r…
Floating Clouds
The wandering evening star; floating clouds flow over the mountain ridges of Nara.
Third Radio
The scenery melts into monochrome, the low voice of Third Radio. The sound of the subway fades away, slow motion blurs on the train window.