ame ni mo makezu
kaze ni mo makezu
yuki ni mo natsu no atsusa ni mo makenu
joubu na karada wo mochi
yoku ha naku
kesshite ikarazu
itsu mo shidzuka ni waratte iru
ichi nichi ni genmai yon gou to
miso to sukoshi no yasai wo tabe
arayuru koto wo
jibun wo kanjou ni irezu ni
yoku mikiki shi wakari
soshite wasurezu
nohara no matsu no hayashi no kage no
chiisai kayabuki goya ni ite
higashi ni byouki no kodomo areba
itte kanbyou shite yari
nishi ni tsukareta haha areba
itte sono ine no taba wo ohi
minami ni shinisou na hito areba
itte kohagaranakute mo ii to ihi
kita ni kenkwa ya soshou ga areba
tsumaranai kara yamero to ihi
hideri no toki ha namida wo nagashi
samusa no natsu ha orooro aruki
minna ni deku no bou to yobare
homerare mo sezu
ku ni mo sarezu
sau iu mono ni
watashi ha naritai

not losing to the rain
not losing to the wind
not losing to the snow or to summer's heat
with a strong body
without want
never angering
always smiling quietly
every day four bowls of brown rice
miso and some vegetables to eat
to everything
without judging
carefully watching and listening and understanding
then not forgetting
in the shade of the woods of the pines of the fields
being in a little thatched hut
if there is a sick child in the east
going and watching over them
if there is a tired mother in the west
going and shouldering her sheaf of rice
if there is someone near death in the south
going and saying there's no need to be afraid
if there is a quarrel or a suit in the north
telling them to leave off with such nonsense
when there's drought letting tears fall
when the summer's cold wandering upset
called a blockhead by everyone
without being praised
without being blamed
such a person
i want to become