Aug 17 2007
Rain
In the sky over a town
That became decrepit
I put up my umbrella
I return to those village days
To a girl bent over in the rain
Planting rice
Who abruptly became woman
A woman standing tall in the rain
Who said many times to a man
Whose name she did not know
‘Why run away? Why the umbrella?
Only metal people rust in the rain.’
Translation: Jennifer Langer