Luyện nghe bài hát Poetry Reading by Genqui Numata

(to a person a staircase)

Translator: Rie

eto kyô wa
itsumo
ga
irun desukedomo, mo, e...
subarashii guest wo
orimasu.
e... geijutsu-ka no desu.
saki hodo utsukushii
e toka mo kare no
sakuhin nan ga
naru shijin 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 hito yo
hitai ni ase wo
obiekitte de
no ue wo kage no yô ni
suberu
haru no chikadô wa no nioi
namanurui kaze ga fukiagete
wo tamotte
rhythm wo
tan tan to wo
ike
naname ni taorekakaru wo

inu wo
wo kettobashi
kippu uriba hayaashi da

itsumo ashi ga no mono to wa

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

wa

rhythm wa ni

hayakunatta rhythm wa no
to kyômei shihajimeru
itsumo wa
shunkan ni sarete iru no da
ore ra wa
nan nan da?
oira wa
nan da?
kansetu wo
wo haizurimawaru
na no ka?
wo shita yô na
ni
koe na no ka?
kihaku na de
no
sono na no ka?
kiete iku kage
koe
no koe
rhythm wo
wo tamotte
ni
ni
shitashiki yo
ashi yo
saa ni dekakeyô
shizuka na ga
yuku
shizuka ni ga
yuku
jaa

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

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

a poem.
i dedicate poem
to five.
to a person a staircase.

hey you, who are descending this
with on your brow
of going down you let your gaze
glide the stairs like a shadow.
yes, you.
underpass in springtime smells of dust
and a lukewarm breeze by.
up your rhythm
keep up your
and climb those stairs
as if your depended on that.
pass by leaning building
kick the dogs
the cats too
and go to the ticket counter.

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

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