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by Junya Tanaka | |
Published on: Apr 10, 2008 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
https://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=19803 | |
Looking up into the crystal blue sky A sunflower dreams it is the shining sun I also look up into the sky Lying on the field of sunflowers And I wish Wish to be such a sunflower In the world’s dreams with rays of happiness The sun shines in the universe Not just on sunny days and in the morning But on cloudy days and in the night too The sun is always there shining Emitting the same light to me But I’m standing on the earth Sometimes despairingly under the raven sky Covered by the darkness or gigantic clouds Clouds are my frailty Darkness is my timidity They just keep me from feeling the sun’s compassion That is poured to me constantly So I swear now My endeavor just began To seek the sun in all weather, like a sunflower Absorbing its light throughout my body Thriving high in the sky The earth is in the deep shadows The shadows of unhappiness But the sun is there to embrace the world With the rays of peace and happiness So I should bloom as a single flower A flower in the wild That gives small happiness and smiles To its surroundings Now is the time I appreciate the sun Feeling its love here on the earth More than anywhere in the world I should grow up high Higher than any other flowers And I promise to be the light of hope In the future that the sun ensures and opens That is the best way to show my gratitude I look up into the sky again Sending my thanks to the shining sun I smile here cheerfully like a sunflower Giving small happiness to the person next to me As the sun smiles to me all the time « return. |