Fifteen Poets of
Modern Japan
A Book of Translations
Haru Asao
1
My lips took from your hand
Blood-red strawberries.
Since that day
My heart is stained
With their color.
Blood-red strawberries.
Since that day
My heart is stained
With their color.
2
Red cosmos flowers
Stand in the fog
Like figures in a dream
Of happy love.
Stand in the fog
Like figures in a dream
Of happy love.
3
A maiden grieves
For love on earth.
Let the clouds of heaven
Split asunder,
And a fiery rain descend!
For love on earth.
Let the clouds of heaven
Split asunder,
And a fiery rain descend!
4
It is too late
For this love to be forgotten,
And in this life
It can never be fulfilled.
For this love to be forgotten,
And in this life
It can never be fulfilled.