lapidi bianche –
al di là del recinto
falciano il fieno

sole e dita accarezzano
una crepa nel marmo

white tombstones –
beyond the fence
mow the hay

sun and fingers caress
a crack in the marble

Margherita Petriccione e Lucia Fontana

 

 

Kitagawa Utamaro, The Immortal Hama (Liu Hai), represented by Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya, kamuro Shirabe and Matsuno (Gama, Tamaya uchi Hanamurasaki, Shirabe, Matsuno), from the series Eight Immortals in the Art of Love (Enchû hassen), 1793-94