まほろば - Masashi Sada Übersetzung ins Englische

まほろば

春日山から飛火野辺り
ゆらゆらと影ばかり 泥(なず)む夕暮れ
馬酔木(あせび)の森の馬酔木(まよいぎ)に
たずねたずねた 帰り道
遠い明日しか見えない僕と
足元のぬかるみを気に病む君と
結ぶ手と手の虚ろさに
黙り黙った 別れ道
川の流れは よどむことなく
うたかたの時 押し流してゆく
昨日は昨日 明日は明日
再び戻る今日は無い
例えば君は待つと
黒髪に霜のふる迄
待てると云ったがそれは
まるで宛て名のない手紙

寝ぐらを捜して鳴く鹿の
後を追う黒い鳥 鐘の声(ね)ひとつ
馬酔(まよい)の枝に引き結ぶ
行方知れずの懸想文
二人を支える蜘蛛の糸
ゆらゆらと耐えかねて たわむ白糸
君を捨てるか 僕が消えるか
いっそ二人で落ちようか
時の流れは まどうことなく
うたかたの夢 押し流してゆく
昨日は昨日 明日は明日
再び戻る今日は無い
例えば此処で死ねると
叫んだ君の言葉は
必ず嘘ではない
けれど必ず本当でもない
日は昇り 日は沈み 振り向けば
何もかも移ろい去って
青丹(あおに)よし 平城山(ならやま)の空に満月

Mahoroba (Utopia)

From Kasuga Hill to Tobi no Hirano
Wavering shadows deepen, the evening settles in
In the asebi forest, amidst the tangled branches
I searched and searched, on my way back home
I, only seeing a distant tomorrow
And you, worried about the mud at your feet
In the emptiness of our clasped hands
We silently parted ways
The river flows on, undisturbed
Washing away the ephemeral moments
Yesterday is yesterday, tomorrow is tomorrow
Today, once gone, will never return
You said you'd wait for me
Until frost touches your raven hair
But those words are
Like a letter without an address

A deer cries out, searching for its bed
A black bird follows, one bell tolls
Tied to the branch of the asebi tree
A love letter, its destination unknown
The spider's thread that supports us two
Sways and strains, a delicate white thread
Should I abandon you, or should I disappear?
Or should we fall together, just the two of us?
The flow of time, unwavering
Sweeps away the ephemeral dreams
Yesterday is yesterday, tomorrow is tomorrow
Today, once gone, will never return
If I could die here, you cried out
Your words
Are not entirely a lie
But neither are they entirely true
The sun rises, the sun sets, looking back
Everything transforms and fades away
A full moon hangs in the sky above the green and crimson-painted Nara mountains