Translated version:

Sakutarō Hagiwara

In “Howling at the Moon”

 

Grass Stems

 

Look at the grass stems!

covered in fine hairs

here in the winter’s cold

greening stems forlorn

though completely covered with fine thin hairs

Look at the grass stems!

 

The distant sky looks like snow

as the grass stems sprout forth.

Original version:

萩原朔太郎

『月に吠える』より 

 

草の茎

 

冬のさむさに、
ほそき毛をもてつつまれし、
草の茎をみよや、
あをらみ茎はさみしげなれども、
いちめんにうすき毛をもてつつまれし、

草の茎をみよや。

 

雪もよひする空のかなたに、

草の茎はもえいづる。

References.

Hayes, C. (1996). A Stray Dog Howling at The moon: A Literary Biography of Hagiwara Sakutaro (1886-1942). Doctoral dissertation. Volume 2, p. 7.