春のこども、鎮魂

小さな人が帰ってくる
つめたい海の群青を渡り
はらはらと雪の花となって
春まだ浅き森の道に舞いちり
その魂の名前となって善き言葉
として震える母の乳房をあたため
樹木に宿る精となり獣道をいき急ぐ
父のこごえた耳に旧い歌をかえすため
水底の暗い国から幼い子供が還ってくる

© Kayoko Yamasaki
录制: Serbian PEN Centre

Spring Children, A Requiem

the little ones are coming back
over the ultramarine of the cold ocean
becoming fluttering flowers of snow
falling on the path through the early spring woods
becoming the name of that spirit—good words.
as such, they warm mother’s trembling breast,
becoming the spirits living in the trees, to recall
the old song to father’s frozen ears as he rushes down the animal trail
the young children return from the dark country under the water

Translated by David Boyd