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山尾三省の詩 [６]
海
海は
わたくしたちの いのちの 原郷です
わたくしたちは 海から生まれ そこへ 還ります
四十六億年前
太陽系とともに 地球が生まれました
四十六億年前
すでに地球は 水を確保し 太陽系の中で唯一の水惑星で ありました
一千四百万年前 新生代第三紀の頃
その海の底から 屋久島が隆起しはじめました
一万年前
屋久島は ほぼ現形に鎮座しておりました
六千年前
その海辺で すでに原初の屋久島人（やくしまびと）が
夕陽を送りつつ 朝日をあがめつつ 楽しく暮らしていました
今から六千年の後
この島で
未来の屋久島人（やくしまびと）たちが
はたして 楽しく暮らしているだろうか───
海は
わたくしたちの いのちの 原郷です
わたくしたちは 海から生まれ 永く そこへ還ります
山尾三省詩集「祈り」（2002年、野草社刊）より
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Sansei Yamao's poem [6]
Sea
by Sansei Yamao
translated by Alex Jones
The sea,
Is home to each of us,
We were born from the sea, and we will return to the sea.
Four-point-six billion years ago,
The solar system was formed, and with it, the earth.
And four-point-six billion years ago,
The earth retained water; the only planet in the solar system to have an ocean.
Fourteen million years ago, around the early Tertiary era,
Yakushima(*) began to heave up from the bottom of this ocean.
And ten-thousand years ago,
Yakushima had all but settled into its present form.
Six thousand years ago,
The first inhabitants of Yakushima,
Were already living merrily on its shores,
Praying to the setting sun,
And worshipping the rising sun,
But I wonder if six thousand years from now,
Its future inhabitants,
Will live just as happily?
The sea,
Is home to each of us,
We were born from the sea, and we will forever return to the sea.
(*)Yakushima is an island in southern Japan famous for a uniquely preserved
ancient forest. The poet lived there for over 20 years until he died in 2001.
"Inori" by Sansei Yamao 2002 Published in Yasosha
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