Luyện nghe bài hát Poetry Reading by Genqui Numata

(to a descending a staircase)

Translator: Rie

keitaro: eto wa
boku-tachi
ga
irun desukedomo, mo, e...
subarashii guest wo
orimasu.
e... no kata desu.
hodo utsutteta utsukushii
kono e toka mo no
nan desu ga
idai naru de ari
de aru
numata san desu.

oss! oss!
desu.
kyô wa no
shi wo rôdoku
itadakimasu.
five ni
sasagemasu.
kaidan wo hito.

kaidan wo kakeoriru yo
hitai ni ase wo
metsuki de
kaidan no ue wo no yô ni
suberu
haru no wa hokori no nioi
kaze ga fukiagete kuru
rhythm wo
wo tamotte
tan tan to wo
ike
naname ni taorekakaru wo

inu wo
wo kettobashi
kippu made hayaashi da

itsumo ga oira no mono to wa

rhythm wo
rhythm wo
tamochikirenakunatta
soko ni to
ashi no motsure atta
ni yawaraka na
ga aru no da
ashi ga karada wo
itte shimau no ka
sore shinzô hossa no
yô na ga aru no ka wakaranai

wa

rhythm wa ni

hayakunatta wa kuchibiru no
to kyômei shihajimeru
itsumo wa
shunkan ni yôi iru no da
ore ra wa
nan nan da?
oira wa
nan da?
kansetu wo
mashi wo
na no ka?
irotsuke wo yô na
ni
koe na no ka?
kihaku na de
no
sono na no ka?
kiete iku hito
koe
no koe
rhythm wo
wo tamotte
ni
ni
shitashiki yo
tooi yo
saa ni dekakeyô
na toki ga
sugite
shizuka ni ga
akete
jaa

keitaro: well,
as usual we
a guest.
a wonderful
has agreed to here today.
an artist.
the you saw
on the
are his.
please a big
to a great
and a photographer
ladies and gentlemen, mr numata.

hi, y'all.
my is genqui numata.
tonight i

a poem.
i dedicate this
to five.
to a descending a staircase.

hey you, who are this staircase
with sweat on your
of going down you let your gaze
glide down the like a shadow.
yes, you.
this underpass in springtime of dust
and a lukewarm blows by.
keep up your
keep up rhythm
and climb those stairs
as if your depended on that.
by that leaning building
kick the away
the cats too
and go fast to the counter.

are
beings.
keep up rhythm
up your rhythm
and when you can't it anymore
when body
and your have reached their limit
at time
a soft will ensue.
you as if
your legs fell off body
or maybe a pause
a heart attack
but you don't know it is.

you
know.
you
up speed
and as you speed up your
and your trembling lips to resonate.
the fall comes at the last
and it easier.
and you ask
who are we?
who am i
al?
your squeak
am i but
a crawling work of
am i but
a voice sounding
this sky
so blue it looks like it's been
am i but
the of
this fall through thin
shadow that away
voice dies away
voice the subway
keep up your
keep up rhythm
with
with
hey you, legs,
hey you, my distant
go on a stroll
as the silent goes by
the city
itself.
goodbye.