松 尾根先紅野
蓼科山を望む
山浦の水田地帯の
真ん中に
風よけとして植えられた
大きい松が
一列に並んでいる
高さ数十メートルの松が
全く自然に
懸崖の形になっていて
近づいて見上げると
その枝振りの重厚さに
心が洗われる
少なくも 私が生まれる百年前から ここに生き
少なくも 私が死んでから なお百年は生きるだろう
この世の すべての苦悩のジレンマの膜を
一気に突き破るかのように
無頓着と思える程
気高くそびえていた
Pine Trees
A single row of gigantic pines
Was in the midst of paddy fields of Yamaura
Against the backdrop of the
Soaning cone of Mt.Tateshina.
Apparently planted as a protection
Against the wind,
The pine trees were rising dozens of meters
Into the sky, assuming
A natural form of an overhanging cliff.
I walked closer to them
And looked up.
Overwhelmed, I gazed at the sheer size and the
Beautifully twisting pine branches.
I felt my heart soothed and
Cleansed.
These pine trees must have lived here
At least one hundred years before my birth.
These pine trees will live on
At least one hundred years after my death.
With irrefutable nobility,
The giant pines were towering over me,
Breaking through the membrane of dilemmas
Of all the anguishes of the world,
Almost nonchalantly.
英訳 トム・平松