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 Bright Memories
Delicious food, a warm home –
is there anything else to yearn for?
Even if the path ahead seems tough –
what else is there to desire?
Remembering radiant stars
the room I am in also glimmers.
Sunlight sparkles brilliantly
as heaven and earth sing.
A warm home, delicious food –
is there anything else to yearn for?
The path ahead is all uphill, yet
what else is worth aspiring for?
- Kamachi Yamada,
from Yamada Kamachi Shi E Shuu
published by Takuma Shoten (1992: 156)
[English translation: T Newfields]
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