山尾三省の詩１/Sansei Yamao's poem 1




		山に夕闇がせまる子供達よほら　もう夜が背中まできている火を焚きなさいお前達の心残りの遊びをやめて大昔の心にかえり火を焚きなさい風呂場には　充分な薪が用意してあるよく乾いたもの　少しは湿り気のあるもの太いもの　細いものよく選んで　上手に火を焚きなさい少しくらい煙たくたって仕方ないがまんして　しっかり火を燃やしなさいやがて調子が出てくるとほら　お前達の今の心のようなオレンジ色の炎がいっしんに燃え立つだろうそうしたら　じっとその火を見詰めなさいいつのまにか -- 背後から　夜がお前をすっぽりつつんでいる夜がすっぽりとお前をつつんだ時こそ不思議の時火が　永遠の物語を始める時なのだそれは眠る前に母さんが読んでくれた本の中の物語じゃなく父さんの自慢話のようじゃなくテレビで見れるものでもないお前達自身が　お前達自身の裸の眼と耳と心で聴くお前達自身の　不思議の物語なのだよ注意深く　ていねいに火を焚きなさい火がいっしんに燃え立つようにけれどもあまりぼうぼう燃えないように静かな気持で　火を焚きなさい人間は火を焚く動物だっただから　火を焚くことができれば　それでもう人間なんだ火を焚きなさい人間の原初の火を焚きなさいやがてお前達が大きくなって　虚栄の市へと出かけて行き必要なものと　必要でないものの見分けがつかなくなり自分の価値を見失ってしまった時きっとお前達は　思い出すだろうすっぽりと夜につつまれてオレンジ色の神秘の炎を見詰めた日々のことを山に夕闇がせまる子供達よもう夜が背中まできているこの日はもう充分に遊んだ遊びをやめて　お前達の火にとりかかりなさい小屋には薪が充分に用意してある火を焚きなさいよく乾いたもの　少し湿り気のあるもの太いもの　細いものよく選んで　上手に組み立て火を焚きなさい火がいっしんに燃え立つようになったらそのオレンジ色の炎の奥の金色の神殿から聴こえてくるお前達自身の　昔と今と未来の不思議の物語に　耳を傾けなさい「びろう葉帽子の下で／山尾三省詩集」（1993年、野草社刊）より =back= 詩「ミットクンと雲」へ詩「月夜」へ詩「夜明けのカフェ・オーレ」へ詩「山で」へ山尾三省の詩　INDEXへ
		space space The dusk fell on the mountain O children The night is now nearly upon you Make the fire Go now, quit your merry play Return to the ancient heart Make the fire I placed enough firewood near the bath Some dry, some damp Some thick, some thin Adroitly make the fire, build it well And should it start a little smoky Be patient, tend to it some more Upon turning into a good fire, The orange flames become your present hearts Flaming intensely Stare into the fire then Some more The night has crept up to engulf you This is the time for the night to engulf you A fantastic world has arrived The fire spawns an eternal story This Is not a story your mother read to you in bed These are not your father's boasts You cannot see it on television This fantastic story is yours You may apprehend it directly with your eyes, ears, heart Make the fire Adroitly, carefully So it may burn intensely Yet not burn out And so calmly make your fire We Were, we are a living thing by making the fire If we can make the fire we are human Make the fire Make that primitive fire of ours When you grow up and venture into the false cities Should you ever not be able to tell the important things from the trifling Should you lose your identity Still you will remember The days of peering into the mysterious orange flames At night, engulfed by the dark The dusk fell on the mountain My Children The night is now nearly upon you You have played enough for tonight Cease your merriment, get on with the fire I prepared enough firewood in the barn Make the fire Some dry, some damp Some thick, some thin Make it good, build it well Make the fire And when it is well-stoked Listen to your fantastic story of your past, present and future Lodged in that golden shrine Inside those orange flames (translated on 31 March 2000) 'Biroba bosino sitade/Poetry of Sansei Yamao' 1993 Published in Yasosha ------------------------------------------------- Copyright 1993 by Sansei Yamao English translation Copyright 2000 by Marek Lugowski and Kazue Daikoku =back= another poems by Sansei Yamao: "Mitto-kun and a cloud", "A Moonlit Night", "Dawn Cafe Au Leit", "At the Mountain" New INDEX page of Sansei Yamao's Poetry
		space space Yamani yuuyamiga semaru Kodomotachiyo Hora mou yoruga senakamade kiteiru Omaetachino kokoronokorino asobiwo yamete Oomukashino kokoroni kaeri Hi wo takinasai Furobaniwa juubunna makiga youisitearu Yoku kawaitamono sukoshiwa shimerikeno arumono Futoimono hosoimono Yoku erande jouzuni hi wo takinasai Sukoshikurai kemukutatte shikatanai Gamansite shikkari hi wo moyasinasai Yagate chosiga detekuruto Hora omaetachino imano kokoronoyouna orenjino honouga Isshinni moetatsudaro Soshitara jitto sono hi wo mitsumenasai Itsunomanika - Haigokara yoruga omaewo suppori tsutsundeiru Yoruga supporito omaewo tsutsundatokikoso Fushigino toki Hi ga eienno monogatariwo hajimerutokinanoda Sorewa Nemurumaeni kaasanga yondekureta honnonakano monogatari_janaku Tousanno jimanbanashino youjanaku Terebide mireru monodemonai Omaetachijisinga omaetachijisinno hadakano meto mimito kokorode kiku Omaetachijishinno fushigino monogatari_nanodayo Chuuibukaku teineini Hi wo takinasai Higa isshinni moetatsuyouni Keredomo amari boubou moenaiyouni shizukana kimochide hi wo takinasai Ningen_wa Hi wo taku doubutsudatta Dakara hi wo takukotoga dekireba soredemou ningen_nanda Hi wo takinasai Ningenno genshono hi wo takinasai Yagate omaetachiga ookikunatte kyoeinoichieto dekaketeiki Hitsuyounamonoto hitsuyoudenaimonono miwakega tsukanakunari Jibunno kachiwo miushinatteshimattatoki Kitto omaetachiwa omoidasudaro Supporito yoruni tsutsumarete Orenjiirono shinpino honouwo mitsumeta hibinokotowo Yamani yuuyamiga semaru Kodomotachiyo Mou yoruga senakamade kiteiru Konohiwa mou juubunni asonda Asobiwo yamete omaetachino hini torikakarinasai Koyaniha makiga juubunni youisitearu Hi wo takinasai Yoku kawaitamono sukoshi shimerikeno arumono Futoimono hosoimono Yoku erande jouzuni kumitate Hi wo takinasai Hi ga isshinni moetatsuyouni nattara Sono orenjiirono honouno okuno Kin-irono shindenkara kikoetekuru Omaetachijisinno mukashito imato miraino fushigino monogatarini mimiwo katamukenasai 'Birouba boushino shitade/Yamao Sansei shishu' 1993 Published in Yasosha Copyright 1993 by Sansei Yamao =back= another poems by Sansei Yamao: "Mitto-kun to kumo", "Tsukiyo", "Yoake no kafe ore", "At the Mountain"