Morning Relay by Shuntaro Tanikawa

*Important Announcement*
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 to UNICEF USA to help children affected by super typhoon in Philippine 
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Morning Relay / Shuntaro Tanikawa

While a young man in Kamchatka
Dreams of a giraffe
A young girl in Mexico
Waits for the bus in the morning haze

While a little girl in New York
Rolls over in her bed with a smile
A little boy in Rome
Winks at the morning sun that colors the column capital

On this Earth
Always, somewhere, 
morning is starting

We are relaying morning

From longitude to longitude
Taking turns protecting Earth, as it were
Prick up your ears awhile before you go to sleep
And, somewhere, far away, 
you'll hear an alarm clock ringing

It's proof that someone has firmly caught
The morning you've passed on


*重要なお知らせ*
Pigeon Dynamiteは11月1日からクリスマス迄の売り上げの20％を
フィリピンの子供を支援する為アメリカンユニセフ を通して寄付します。
詳しくはFacebookのオフィシャルページ、日本ユニセフ迄。 


朝のリレー　

谷川俊太郎

カムチャツカの若者が　きりんの夢を見ているとき 

メキシコの娘は　朝もやの中でバスを待っている


 ニューヨークの少女が　ほほえみながら寝がえりをうつとき 

ローマの少年は　柱頭を染める朝陽にウィンクする


 この地球では　
　　
 いつもどこかで　朝がはじまっている 

ぼくらは朝をリレーするのだ

 経度から経度へと

 そうしていわば交替で地球を守る



 眠る前のひととき耳をすますと

 どこか遠くで目覚まし時計のベルが鳴ってる
それはあなたの送った朝を
誰かがしっかりと受けとめた証拠なのだ


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