ThE OutLYiNg

1.1.1

春の海

Haru No Umi

Dancing veils, stirred

by the breeze – of a sea

of death

1.1.2

海月

Kurage

Silken moons swell,

the wave caresses – sharp

prods of shadow

1.1.3

不知火

Shiranui

Feral embers,

in the pit’s dark heart –

visage of the sun

1.1.4

息白し

Ikishiroshi

Breath of life

drifting into the heavens –

'midst frigid stars

1.2.1

清明

Seimei

Fateful turmoils

twist the world anew –

a golden path

1.2.2

雲海

Unkai

The shaken ground

amid insidious mist –

hope gleams through

1.2.3

花野

Hanano

In verdant fields

flowers once bloomed –

frail remains

1.2.4

寒さ

Samusa

Sunlight warms –

graves in the suburbs,

faces concealed

1.3.1

燕

Tsubame

High soars the winged one

above the unwed clouds –

toward others’ nests

1.3.2

昼寝

Hirune

Joyful bivouac,

the rest lingers here –

acedia burns

1.3.3

天の川

Amanogawa

Frost alights

on heart's tender sprig –

that weeps alone

1.3.4

落葉

Ochiba

Plum leaves falling

in sorrow they hear –

the world's calling

2.1.1

初空

Hatsusora

The endless blue

under the coming sky –

my final ark