Pathway (道程) by Tate Takako (タテタカコ)

When walking the path alone
and feeling lonely
all warm creatures
reach out for one another

If desire is human nature
then even though violent waves are in our way
we will see somewhere in the distance
joy, light, life

If a chance encounter can change your life
I’ll keep waiting for someone I’ve never seen
because the waters that flow through my body
will not lie to me

If all that we can see
were to disappear completely
their echoes would remain in our hearts
Please tell me
your honest feelings

Right now if you’re sad, let your tears flow
Right now if you’re happy, laugh out loud

独りで歩く道程が
寂しいものだと感じたとき
ぬくもりをもつ生きものたちは
互いに手をとりはじめる

望みが人を性なら
行く手には荒波が来ようとも
眼差しを遠くまでもつことが
喜び　光　生きること

出逢いが人を変えるのなら
まだ見ぬあなたを待ちましょう
身体を流れる水たちは
自分に嘘をつけないから

目に見えるものはいずれ
消え失せても
心に響くものは残っていく
わけてください
あなたの気持ちを

今悲しいのなら　ここで涙を流し
今嬉しいのなら　笑ってしまおう

Haiku by Ikeda Sumiko (池田澄子)

my favorite thing in life
when the start of winter
feels like spring

生きるの大好き冬のはじめが春に似て

snake berry
I always forget to look
at the leaves

蛇苺いつも葉っぱを見忘れる

the coming of spring
has come again
crocodile jaw

また春が来たことは来た鰐の顎

no less significant
than I am
rainy season mushrooms

わたくしに劣るものなく梅雨きのこ

everyone
stones on the ice
of the lake

ひとびとよ池の氷の上に石

hiding the sun
sunlightsunsunflower

日輪を隠す日光日日草

spring wind
words become sound
and disappear

春風や言葉が声になり消ゆる

Haiku by Shimizu Tetsuo (清水哲男)

after the bomb
exiting at Hiroshima Station
in the dark

被爆後の広島駅の闇に降りる

goodbye
autumn clouds drifting
Kojimachi

さようなら秋雲浮かべ麹町