On Knowing Oneself Too Well: Selected Poems of Ishikawa Takuboku by Ishikawa Takuboku & Tamae K. Prindle

Author:Ishikawa Takuboku & Tamae K. Prindle [Takuboku, Ishikawa & Prindle, Tamae K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Syllabic Press
Published: 2010-01-14T05:00:00+00:00

However, no one pounds on the table

And declares, “v naród!”

At last, the candles are renewed for the third time,

And dead insects float in our teacups;

Though the enthusiasm is no less than that of young women,

There is a fatigue in the youths’ eyes after a long discussion.

And still, no one pounds on the table

And declares, “v naród!”

◆ Russian for “Go to the People!”

An Epitaph

We have always respected him

And we continue to respect him,

Though two months have passed since we interred him

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