Mamoru Nakanishi (Japan)

Duet of Summer 夏の二重奏

鷺

　　　中西　衛

ぴたりと止まった風速計

はりつめた水面を

スプーンでかき混ぜる

かすかな　いらだち

水面にうつる棒が二本

風はそよとも動かず

曇天

ながい嘴は下方を向いて動かない

やがて水面にさざ波がたって

小さな虫が水面のうえを走った

なまぐさい臭い

瞬時におきる静と動

ひきおこる胸騒ぎ

からめ捕り　ひきちぎり

一瞬の血なまぐさい決別がおわって

背負っていた風景を

ゆすりおとすと

違い空へと飛んで行った

あすは晴れ

候鳥の群れ

Heron

　　　 Mamoru Nakanishi

The cup anemometer stopped its motion

Stirred strained surface of the water

By a spoon

With some irritation

Two sticks reflected on there

Dull wind

Cloudy sky

His long bill aiming fishes is also motionless

As soon as ripples appear

A small insect whipped there

Fishy smell spread

Momentary stillness and motion

I sensed uneasy to them

Then he caught a fish in a roundabout way He bit it off

After instantly and broody parting

He shook the scene

on the shoulder off

And went far into the sky

Tomorrow would be nice weather

A flight of migrant birds is seen

           Translation by Mariko Sumikura

Mamoru Nakanishi, Japanese poet. Born in 1932, Fukui prefecture. Lives in Kyoto. Memberships: Japan Poets Club, Kansai Poets Association, Contemporary Kyoto Poets Association, Japan Universal Poets Association

Member of Poetry Magazines "Gaia""PO", Publication: "Sekiran-un"(1987, Bundousha), "Yama ni tsuite" (1990, Kindai Bungeisha), "Hatou" (2015, Chikurinkan), "Duet of Summer"(in print, Japan Universal Poets Association) co-authored with Adolf Shvedchikov

中西　衛は１９３２年福井県に生まれる。京都在住の詩人。日本詩人クラブ、関西詩人協会、現代京都詩話会、日本国際詩人協会に所属。詩誌「ガイア」「ＰＯ」同人。著書『積乱雲』（１９８７年　文童社）　『山について』（１９９０年近代文藝社）『波濤』（２０１５年　竹林館）があり、日英バイリンガル詩集『夏の二重奏』アドルフ・シュベチコフと共著出版。（２０１５年　日本国際詩人協会）

書はルーマニアの二冊に表紙・挿絵に採用。