Tominos Poem

Sajio Yaso

ane wa chi wo haku, imoto wa hihaku,

His older sister vomited blood, his younger sister vomited fire,

kawaii tomino wa tama wo haku
And the cute Tomino vomited glass beads.

hitori jihoku ni ochiyuku tomino,

Tomino fell into Hell alone,

jigoku kurayami hana mo naki.

Hell is wrapped in darkness and even the flowers don't bloom.

muchi de tataku wa tomino no aneka,

Is the person with the whip Tomino's older sister,

muchi no shubusa ga ki ni kakaru.
I wonder who the whip's shubusa(?) is.

tatake yatataki yare tataka zutotemo,

Hit, hit, without hitting,

mugen jigoku wa hitotsu michi.

Familiar Hell's one road.

kurai jigoku e anai wo tanomu,

Would you lead him to the

dark Hell,

kane no hitsu ni, uguisu ni.

To the sheep of

gold, to the bush warbler.

kawa no fukuro ni yaikura hodoireyo,

I wonder how much he put into the

leather pocket,

mugen jigoku no tabishitaku.

For the preparation of the journey in the familiar Hell.

haru ga kitesoru hayashi ni tani ni,
Spring is coming even in the forest and the stream,

kurai jigoku tanina namagari.

Even in the stream of the dark Hell.

kagoni yauguisu, kuruma ni yahitsuji,

The bush warbler in the birdcage, the sheep in the

wagon,

kawaii tomino no me niya namida.

Tears in the eyes of cute Tomino.

nakeyo, uguisu, hayashi no ame ni

Cry, bush warbler, toward the raining forest

imouto koishi to koe ga giri.
He shouts that he misses his little sister.

nakeba kodama ga jigoku ni hibiki,

The crying echo reverberates throughout Hell,

kitsunebotan no hana ga saku.

The fox penoy blooms.

jigoku nanayama nanatani meguru,

Circling around Hell's seven mountains and seven streams,


kawaii tomino no hitoritabi.
The lonely journey of cute Tomino.

jigoku gozarabamo de kitetamore,
If they're in Hell bring them to me,

hari no oyama no tomebari wo.

The needle of the graves.

akai tomehari date niwa sasanu,

I won't pierce with the red needle,

kawaii tomino no mejirushini.

In the milestones of little Tomino.