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The Heartfelt Taste of Rice Balls,

Each Gifted from Three Different People in Token of Their Sympathy to Me

―A poem composed on a day I am sick in bed

It was at that time when

their true heart was conveyed to me

in a peaceable and amiable way,

coming directly to me,

rolling over and over sweetly to me.

I was filled with a warm emotion,

aroused by an affinity bound to a strange fate.

Even now I still remember

the heartfelt taste of those rice balls.

―The 7th verse of The Heartfelt Taste of Rice Balls, The Complete Poetic Works of Shinmin Sakamura (Vol. 1)

―English translation: SAKAI Takahiko

―English consultation: Paul Dargan

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