そこの景色は知らないし　寒いのか暖かいのかも判らない

人は行方知れずと言うかもしれないが　私はきっとまた君を見つける事が出来る

人ごみの中で笑って手を振る君かもしれないし

虫の鳴く静かな秋の夜に　君が織る機織りの音を聞くかもしれない

寒い冬の夜に囲炉裏で暖まった小さな土間に　ひょっこりと顔を出すかもしれない

そしてそのとき君はすこし怒って、笑いながら言うだろう

「おそいじゃないの」

そして私は又言う　「いやあ、あの後大変だったんだよ。いろいろあってさ」

冬かも夏かも秋かも判らないその日に　私は又、君と出会うのだ

風も、時も、雲も　只ただゆっくりと流れ

天上の月は沈みもしないし、昇りもしない

幽かな風の音を立てる、其の一日は

又、永遠の一日なのだ

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Reunion

I do not know what that place looks like,
nor whether it is cold or warm.

People may say you are lost,
but I know I will find you again.

Perhaps I will find you
smiling and waving to me in a crowd.

Or perhaps, on a quiet autumn night,
with the insects singing,
I will hear the sound of your loom.

Or perhaps, on a cold winter night,
I will simply appear
in a little earthen-floored room
warmed by a hearth.

And then you will be a little annoyed,
and, smiling, you will say,

"You're late."

And I will say,
"Well, it was quite a time after that.
A lot happened, you know."

On a day when I cannot tell
whether it is winter, summer, or autumnー
I will meet you again.

The wind, time, and clouds
will simply flow,
slowly.

The moon above
will neither set nor rise.

With only the faint sound of wind,
that one day

will be

another eternal day.