I present you who feel a longing for smoking |
the anthology of Japanese 31 syllables | |||
AMAKARANO AJIGA ARUDEMO ARUMAISHI UMAIKIGASURU KESANO IPPUKU It mustn't have any taste as sweet or bitter, but I feel as though this morning's smoking is tasty. |
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KONO UMASA SUWANUYATSUNYA WAKARUMAI FUUTTO HAKIDASU KEMURIGA ODORU This taste cannot be understood by the one who doesn't smoke; the smoke I exhale is dancing in the air. |
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HATSUKEMURI KOWAKUTE HAINI IRERAREZU MUSETA NAMIDA O TOMONI WARAWARE I was scared of the first smoking; friends laughed at my cough and tears. |
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SUUHONNO DOUTTE KOTONAKU CHOUSHIDUKU SUPASUPA NO ATO KYUUNI MUKATSUKU It wasn’t matter that I smoked a few, so I got carried away and felt suddenly sick. ABURAASE KORAETE IZURU MISENOSOTO WARE YUKU MICHINO HAGESHIKU YURERU Standing the greasy sweat I went out the cafe and walked my road that was quaking hard. DONOYOUNI TADORITSUITAKA KIOKUNAKU TADA UNARIGOE HIBIKU WAGA HEYA I couldn’t remember how I returned; nothing sounded in my room except my moan. |
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WARAWARETA KUYASHISA HARASU KISSATEN NAISHODE TAMESU Hi-LITE KANA I tried secretly to smoke hi-lite at a cafe to dispel my chagrin being laughed. |
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CHICHIYO SHIYO SONKEISURUHITO SUKINAHITO SENPAI SHINYUU MINNA SUPASUPA My father, teachers, people respected, people loved, colleagues and friends were all puffing cigarettes. |
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SUPASUPANO NAKADE HAGUKUMU SMOKER ITSUSHIKA OREMO IPPASHINI NARU Smokers were brought up in puff; I grew into a master-smoker too. |
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UMAINDA SHIGOTONO AIMANO KONO IPPUKU SONNANI IYANA KAO SUNNAYO- The smoke in spare moments from my work is tasty; don’t frown at me. |
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SOUKANA- SONNANI IYANA NIOIKA-? SUGGE- II NIOIDAKEDONA- I wonder if it is such a bad smell; it is fragrant, isn’t it? |
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SONNANIMO KININARU NIOIGA KOUKOU NO TOIREDE HAKKEN NAZE SARENAKATTAKA? I wonder why the smell was not found at a latrine in my hi-school however everybody hates it. |
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SONO RIYUU...TSUMARIHA MINNA SUTTEITAKARA NANODEARU... The reason was because everybody smoked... |
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...TE HONTOU NANOKA? ...was it true? |
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SANKAINO CHINMINI HARANO MICHITARITE NANIHANAKUTOMO SHOKUGO NO IPPUKU Being full with all sorts of delicacies, nothing is more important than smoking after the meal. |
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TACHIGUINO FAST-FOOD DE SUMASETEMO IPPUKU SUREBA SHIJOU NO MENYUU In spite of a fast-food shop, a lunch must change the supreme menu as long as I smoke. |
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KAZE HIKEBA ITAKUNARUNARI NODO NO OKU SAREDO KOISHIYA KEMU NO SHOUGEKI Even though I have had a cold and my throat is sore, I miss impacts to throat by smoke. SEKIKONDE SHIROKI TISSUE PAPER NI HAKIDASU TANNO IRO JITTO MIRU I have a fit of coughing and gaze my phlegm spitted out on a white tissue. |
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TANOMUKARA KIRAKUNI SUWASERO TABAKO KURAI MATA NEAGEKAYO KANBEN SHITEKURE Let me smoke comfortably please. The price rises again? Give me a break! KONOKUNI NI KITSUENSHA HODO KENJITSUNI NOUZEISURUMONO HOKANIHA ARAJI In this country, there’s no one but smokers to pay taxes steadily. |
GYOUSEIYO HIDOI JANAIKA KIMAJIMENA NOUZEISHATACHI O IJIMERUNANTE The administration is so merciless that it bullies honest taxpayers, isn’t it? |
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KITSUEN DE HAYAJINI SURUTO ODOSHITEMO KINI NARANE-YO ITSUKAHA SHINUNDA Even if you threaten me to die by smoking, I don’t care because people must die someday. |
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TOUKEI JA GOMAKASARENAIZE NAZEKATTE? ORENO JICCHAN KUJUU DE SUPASUPA I’m not deceived by statistics because my ninety-year-old grandpa puffs cigarettes. (to be continued) |
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