“Like to a stone
That rolls down a hill,
I have come to this day.”
A Handful of Sand ("Ichiaku no Suna"), as translated by Shio Sakanishi
Takuboku Ishikawa est le pseudonyme du poète japonais Hajime Ishikawa , né le 20 février 1886 et mort de tuberculose le 13 avril 1912 à l'âge de vingt-six ans. Surnommé « le Rimbaud japonais » et « le poète de la tristesse », il est plus connu sous la signature de son seul prénom, Takuboku. Wikipedia

“Like to a stone
That rolls down a hill,
I have come to this day.”
A Handful of Sand ("Ichiaku no Suna"), as translated by Shio Sakanishi
“Running away
From the window of a classroom,
Alone,
I lay down among the ruins of a castle.”
Source: Modern Japanese Literature, ed. Donald Keene (New York: Grove Press, 1960), p. 208
“With the troubled eyes of a youth
I envied
Birds flying—
Flying they sang.”
A Handful of Sand ("Ichiaku no Suna"), as translated by Shio Sakanishi