エイジング

時の奥へ
地中深く  
年を経た
樹は根を張る

早瀬の淵に
巣ごもる命は
黒い眼に
成熟した

すべては突然に
弾けるのだろう
始まりも終わりも
出会いも別れも

稚魚は群れ
成魚は番い
産卵の果て
饗宴は止む

残るもの
変わらぬもの
繋がるもの
広がるもの

動く命
不動の命
枝葉を広げ
繁茂する大樹

探し求めていたものは
遠くにあるようで近く
近くにあるようで遠い
存在を見出す不思議

記憶のかなたから
幾たびもよみがえる
消えないこころざし
ひたすらなまなざし

営々と日をくぐり
生きてめぐり逢う
この
静かな奇跡


2/14, 2003

Aging

Inside of time
Deep in the land
In aging
Trees grow their roots

In the pool under the waters
Lives dwell
With black eyes
To get matured

Eveything in a sudden
Might burst
The start and the end
Meetings and partings

The fry swarm
The senior mate
After breeding
The feast is over

What remains
What is unchanged
What is linked
What expands

Life of animals
Immobile lives
With branches wide spread
Flourishing large trees

What was sought has been
Near in spite of its distant appearance
Distant in spite of its near appearance
The mystery of the being discovered

From far behind the memory
Resurrecting reapeatedly
Is the will unquenched
Are the serious eyes

Passing time day by day
Lives meet again alive
This is
A quiet miracle

 


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