Ishikawa Takuboku , eigentlich Ishikawa Hajime , war ein japanischer Dichter, Tankaist und Literaturkritiker der Meiji-Zeit. Wikipedia
“Like to a stone
That rolls down a hill,
I have come to this day.”
A Handful of Sand ("Ichiaku no Suna"), as translated by Shio Sakanishi
“Running away
From the window of a classroom,
Alone,
I lay down among the ruins of a castle.”
Quelle: Modern Japanese Literature, ed. Donald Keene (New York: Grove Press, 1960), p. 208
“With the troubled eyes of a youth
I envied
Birds flying—
Flying they sang.”
A Handful of Sand ("Ichiaku no Suna"), as translated by Shio Sakanishi
