Everything I touch
with tenderness, alas,
pricks like a bramble.
O snail
Climb Mount Fuji,
But slowly, slowly!
A mountain village
aunder the piled-up snow
the sound of water.
Autumn moonlight—
a worm digs silently
into the chestnut.
Night bus…
a handprint fills
with moonlight
Reaching the top
of the metro escalator –
a warm breeze
Everything I touch
with tenderness, alas,
pricks like a bramble.
O snail
Climb Mount Fuji,
But slowly, slowly!
A mountain village
aunder the piled-up snow
the sound of water.
Reaching the top
of the metro escalator –
a warm breeze
Night bus…
a handprint fills
with moonlight
Autumn moonlight—
a worm digs silently
into the chestnut.