鉛筆跡があちらこちらに　お気に入りページの折目

Death sets a Thing significant

The Eye had hurried by

Except a perished Creature

Entreat us tenderly

死は物事に意味を与える
急いだ目が通り過ぎた物
ただ亡くなられたひとが
優しく私達に懇願する

To ponder little Workmanships

In Crayon, or in Wool,

With “This was last Her fingers did” –

Industrious until –

苦心作に思いを馳せてと
クレヨン画や毛糸の編物，
「これが彼女の指の形見の品」
一生懸命努力を重ねて 

The Thimble weighed too heavy –

The stitches stopped – by themselves –

And then ’twas put among the Dust

Upon the Closet shelves –

やがて指ぬきが重くなり 
縫い目も勝手に止まって 
クローゼットの棚の中に
仕舞い込まれ埃をかぶる 

A Book I have – a friend gave –

Whose Pencil – here and there –

Had notched the place that pleased Him –

At Rest – His fingers are –

友人から頂いた本もある 
鉛筆跡があちらこちらに 
お気に入りページの折目 
彼の指はおやすみちゅう 

Now – when I read – I read not –

For interrupting Tears –

Obliterate the Etchings

Too Costly for Repairs. 

今 読んでも読まなくても
溢れてきた涙を遮るため 
彼の筆跡を消してしまう
高すぎて修復できない

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