Also: which one of you was this? It appeared at my house in the mail yesterday, no return address, no note inside. Postcode indicates Nowheresville, Middlesex.
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TANIKAWA Shuntarō: Sort of a Creep
March 6, 2009 · 1 Comment
I had to translate a whole bunch of Tanikawa for a class and, despite not really being on the same groove as Tanikawa, I felt mildly pleased with my efforts. So I thought I’d post this here so you can suffer/enjoy too.
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moon cycles / menstruation
1
Inside of her someone prepares food for the festival
Inside of her someone sketches an unseen son
Inside of her someone destroys
2
The hand of god
hurt gracelessly in the creation
even now, it’s impossible to forget
3
(It’s that regular
Inside of me there is a vivid funeral
Those who mourn clothed in the colors of celebration
Those who are returned to nothingness, unable to suffer or die
Those sons and daughters of mine, too young…
The full moon has dropped
with no one to catch it
I wait
crouching alone in a cold place I wait
for someone to sow seeds on the moon
for someone to halt the high tide
unsure whose memories these are anymore, unable to heal the wounds inside me)
4
…welcoming to the shore those who choose to live
Inside her the tide rises
Inside her there is a sea
the call of the moon
in its phases
Inside of her there is a schedule without an end…
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