René Magritte
Translated By Mary Jo Bang & Yuki Tanaka
Released silhouettes
flow incessantly like water,
flow between mountains
swiftly like a kaleidoscope.
The solitude of the North Pole
bustles with human silhouettes.
Endless transmission of ABC.
On the shredded shore
a silk hat burns
like a mirror trick,
like a human echo
burns a silk hat endlessly.
Then the flames
were received like ABC.
On the night of a beautiful lunar eclipse
the silhouettes smiled.
Translated from the Japanese
Source: Poetry (November 2014)