キリギリス鳴く（岡澄雄 1917-2014)
キリギリス鳴く 炎天の叢の中 みつ よつ
相手をもとめて全身を震わせ震わせ鳴く
なぜ こうも必死に鳴く？
おまえに命をくれた神へのお礼か
おまえの相手を呼ぶためか
おまえの健康で完全無欠な躰の機能と美声はすばらしいぞ
おまえの親はこの美しい姿を見ることはない
おまえもまたわが子の美しい姿を見ることはない
でもいいじゃないか
二寸先だ母さん生き写しの彼女がきたぞ
彼女の燃える瞳に父さんが見えてるだろが
自由に旋回する触覚 宝石のような複眼 頑丈な顎 バランスのとれた
三対の脚 後脚がいい どんなスポーツ選手もおまえのにはかないは
しない。それに緑とセピアの上着がすばらしい
なんとなく秋の気配がするぞ
愛する人は母さんに似とるぞ
横で鳴く彼は父さんに似とるからな
そうだ バトンタッチの朝までは
おまえたちのすばらしい遺伝子を残らずインプットしておけよ
妙なる声も忘れずにな
声高く鳴けよキリギリス
キリギリス声高く鳴け
Grasshoppers
By Sumio Oka 20, Aug 1994
By Sumio Oka 20, Aug 1994
Grasshoppers cry under the scorching sun in
the meadow.
In search of mates, quivering, quivering.
Why do they cry so hard?
To thank god for life?
To call a better half?
How wonderful their healthy, perfect bodies
and voices are!
Your parents will never see your beautiful
body.
You will never see the beautiful figure of
your children.
Good for them!
Here comes a girl who is the very image of
your mother.
Does she see her father in you? Her eyes
are flaming.
Feelers which turn freely, jewel-like,
compound eyes, solid chin,
Three pairs of legs, well-balanced, no
athlete is a match for your rear legs.
Your green-sepia garments look very well on
you.
There’s a faint touch of autumn in the air.
Your beloved resembles your mother.
Your boyfriend, crying by you, resembles
your father.
Until the morning when you pass the baton
to your offspring.
Give all of your wonderful genes to them.
And don’t forget the exquisite tone of your
voice.
Sing loudly, grasshoppers!
Grasshoppers, sing loudly!
(translated by Kojiro Oka, 7th
July 2014)
My
life :a wordplay by Sumio Oka
お さないときから気まぐれ人生
か ねにはとんと縁薄く
す み家は 雨漏り セメント瓦
み なりはいつもちぐはぐで
お そまつ人生たそがれだ、申し訳ないことばかり
[reality]
O sanai toki kara kimagure jinsei
Ka neniwa tonto enusuku
Su mikayawa amamori semento gawara
Mi nariwa itsumo chiguhagude
O somatsu jinsei tasogareda, moshiwakenai kotobakari
(Reality:)
On a whim, I’ve
led my life from the childhood
Kept me totally out of money
All the time rain leaks
through the tile roof
Such a humble house is mine
Unkempt are my clothes
Most time has expired already
Inexcusable mistakes I have
done that I should apologize for
Oh, twilight has already
fallen on me.
[dream]
O sanai
tokikara gakushaga nozomi
Ka nemo
shikkari tamekonde
Su mikawa
gotei nagayamon
Mi narini
itsumo kiwo tsukai ue kara shitamade ichiryuhin
O erai hito
to iwaretai, Uwah! Kijuda.
お さないときから学者が望み
か ねもしっかり貯め込んで
す みかは豪邸長屋門
み なりはいつも気を遣い、上から下まで一流品
お えらい人と言われたい。うわっ 喜寿だ。
(Dream:)
Often
I dreamt a dream to be a great scholar
Keep
money for the wealthy life
Ambition
is to live in a mansion
Servants
and maids will be there
Unmatched
clothing from top to bottom is
Made
in England
I
wish I could be called an exquisite man
Oh
my God, I realized I am already a 77-years-old man.
(translated
by Kojiro Oka, June 2014)
(from
the translator)
Note: In Japan, people cerebrates
60-years-old birthday, end of one cycle, according to Chinese
calendar
70 years old, rare
77 years old, pleasure
80 years old, umbrella
88 years old, rice
90 years old, graduation
99 years old, white
100 years old, century
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