100 Samio Maekawa（前川佐美雄）
ぞろぞろと鳥けだものをひきつれて秋晴の街にあそび行きたし
zorozoro to tori kedamono o hikitsurete akibare no machi ni asobiyukitashi
with my entourage
of birds and animals
I would like to enjoy the city
on a day with autumn clear sky
野にかへり野に爬虫類をやしなふはつひに復讐にそなへむがため
no ni kaeri no ni hachûrui o yashinau wa tsui ni fukushû ni sonaen ga tame
going back to the fields
and raising a reptile
finally I’m ready to prepare
for a revenge
夕焼のにじむ白壁に声絶えてほろびうせたるものの爪あと
yûyake no nijimu shirakabe ni koe taete horobi usetaru mono no tsumeato
white wall blurred by sunset
no more voice
but the scars left
by the extinct
from “Gendai Tanka No Kansho 101” (Appreciation of Contemporary Tanka 101) edited by Ken Kodaka, Shinshokan, 1999, Tokyo, Japan
