思ひ出 恒藤恭
Memory by Tsuneto Kyo
ほのかなる思ひ出あり
あざやかなる思ひ出あり
いきどほろしき思ひ出あり
いともかなしきおもひ出あり
There is memory that‘s dim
Memory vivid
Memory dreadful
And memory immensely sad
今もなほ胸ふくらむごとき
おもひ出あり
思ひ出づるもはづかしき
おもひであり
Still, even now, memory
Filling my heart there is
And memory embarrassing
When I recall
おもひでこそは
いとほしく
はかなきものか
Is memory nothing but
That of painful
And fleeting?
来る日も来る日も
わづらはしき世の務めに
あわただしくも
過ごしつつ
Days go by and by
By the duties of the troubled world
Amid hustle and bustle
Disappearing they all go
時ありて
おもひ出の網をたぐりよせ
忘却の海に
立ち向かひつつ
寄せてはかへすしら浪の
しぶきの中に
すなどる人の
わがすがたかも
There are times when
One hauls the net of memory
In the sea of oblivion
While standing confronting
The white waves rushing come and go
Among the splashes
The figure may be
I who do so.
「旧友芥川龍之介」より
From the memoir "My Old Friend Akutagawa Ryunosuke"