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[Japanease]
The first spring storm, brings forth my tomorrow's selfSpring is a season of partings and new encounters.It also gives us a sense of expectation about refreshing ourselves. Don't you feel like it is possible in the spring to begin something you always wanted to change, such as your personality or your short-comings; something that seemed too hard before, like being more out-going or correcting your capricious mind? "The first spring storm" is the first strong south wind that blows after the first day of spring on the calendar. When it blows, I can tell that spring has come. I may be a person working hard towards my dream or I may be in love with a wonderful person. I know that I will be glowing in the spring. I'm sure this first spring storm, or the spring will bring forth a new me who is different from yesterday.
[season words] The first spring storm Today a different person bends over the violet.There is a lovely violet blooming in the same place every day.Travelers and children find this little violet, bend over and, admire it, and then they pass on by. To each person this may be a simple encounter, but to the violet, yesterday, today and everyday are a series of encounters with the people who find it and bend over to look at it more closely. Although a violet's life is brief and ends in a few days, it gives pleasure and comfort to many people. I wonder how many people felt the visit of the warm spring from this little violet.
[season word] violet I love wind, I love daisies and I love you most of all.There are so many things I love.I love the moment of a soft wind blowing,small and lovely daisies,but more than anything, I love YOU. The breeze is pleasant, the daisies are lovely,But, it's all because YOU are here. If I had not had the chance to meet you,I might not have realized my fondness for the soft breeze or the daisies. When a person is in love, everything looks brighter. The pleasure of encountering you makes me feel grateful towards nature, and teaches me how to love even the unnoticeable tiny lives.
[season word] daisies About to touch, I awaken from a spring dream.There is a saying "In spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn". A moment of sleep in the spring morning is so luxurious, and dreams during this sleep are so faint and shimmering. In the spring dream I had that day, my favorite boy appeared as if projected on a soft pink screen. We reached out to each other and at the moment we were about to touch, I woke up. A little sweet and yet so frail that, like a spring dream, just as our love seemed about to come to fruition, it dissolved.But, the spring morning has a feeling of faintness as if the dream continues on. "Was it possibly a reality?" Re-living the dream I just had, I go on enjoying my lingering dream that romantic morning.
[season words] spring dream A swing, this love is to forget love lost.They say it is best to forget lost love by finding a new love.But, wouldn't it be sad if the reason you begin a new love is to heal the hurt you received from a lost love, or to spite the man who left you? On a swing where children play in a park, I sat playfully because I wanted to do some thinking. While swinging I wondered if the only way to forget the love I lost is to find a new one. However, I couldn't help but feel sad.
[season word] swing translated by Mineko Azuma
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