Itteki : Hitomi Shimpei

Jack's heart -glance- : translated & contributed by kibou

Finally the lonely horizon's creator made
a heart which looked like an apple-plum *
and buried it in the chest of jack
a robot walking on two legs
in a full moon-night of the 10th month**

The robot having a heart was happy about his special being
and decided in his heart to work a lot for the creator
In the laboratory , even in the bedroom is the robot
that decided his duties
That's why he trimmed ruined mansion's flower bed
with all his power

In the middle of English flowers was a puddle of the water which Jack sprinkled
A drop of a mirror
that reflected the sunlight and sparkled
like a round flower keeping the sun

Invited by the wind that carried the flower's fragrance
A little blue bird came and sat down on Jack's shoulder
Jack's heart jumped
The flower bed became larger
and Jack as well as the bird were satisfied

In this forest embraced by silence the sun shone streaming through leaves
kindly onto the flower bed and the bird
Jack believed without a doubt
that God saw all this

[translator's notes]

* = 'Himeringo' is some kind of plant that bears little fruits, like this
**= Kanoma uses the old Japanese name for the 10th month, which literally translated means 'month without god'.