花散るや阿鼻叫喚の箸あまた

Cherry blossoms fall -

hellishly clamouring chopsticks

everywhere





                                                          　　   　夢幻能それとも放射能の雪



Ghost noh play

or the snow

of radioactivity



                                                            　　　                    　前田君、さつきから鳴つてるよ。

                                                                    　　             龍天に昇るがごとき着メロが

    Hey, Mr. Maeda, it’s been ringing for some time.

Like a dragon

rising up to the heavens

a cell phone melody



　                                                    　  　　            ちやうど外堀の桜が満開で、米英軍が

    　                                             　　　 　              バグダツドに迫つてゐた。



                                                              　　　                花の城何もかも渦巻いてゆく

    Just as cherry trees along the outer moat of the Imperial Palace were

    in full bloom, U.S. and British forces were approaching Baghdad.

Castle of blossoms –

everything is

whirling around



   　　                                                                   神には内面がない。もちろん馬にも。

                                                                  　　              神と馬たがひの秋が無限なり



 　God has no inner mind. Neither does a horse, for sure.

God and a horse –

both their autumns

are infinite

(Trans. Keiji Minato)