1.Sky blue, aqua blue
2.I try counting them when I can’t sleep
3.Indigo, lapis lazuli
4.Every shade of blue with a name5.
6.When I woke, it was still night
7.The dream I was just having had already vanished8.
9.I remembered again someone I wanted to see, someone I wanted to become
10.It was so bright—even with my eyes closed it wouldn’t fade, still swaying inside me11.
12.Since when? From where?
13.Something… the world…
14.changed, and I understood
15.Tomorrow, I… we…16.
17.Climbing the ramp of the expressway through the city
18.The building that was there last week is already gone
19.No one remembers what happened—and yet, I still feel this strange loneliness20.
21.What once seemed eternal passes by in an instant
22.Even if I spent a lifetime learning, I’d only grasp a fragment of the universe23.
24.Sapphire, indigo
25.I’m still counting them, unable to sleep
26.Navy, cobalt
27.All the blues we call “blue”28.
29.When I woke, it was night again
30.I wiped my sweaty skin as if to shield it31.
32.I wanted to cry—but couldn’t. I heard someone’s voice
33.It was flickering—and when I opened my eyes, a faint shadow was there34.
35.Until when? How far?
36.The world keeps
37.forgetting, losing
38.So where will tomorrow take us?39.
40.Everyone rushes ahead like they’re brushing past, like they’re escaping
41.But if I can find a different path—then I’ll go forward, as myself, just as I am
Translated by:
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