Summer in Shizuoka (静岡の夏)
begins from Atami (熱海)
where golden sands shine
and gentle waves come with breezes
from the distant piney islands.
Summer at Shizuoka Station
is rather quiet enough for me
hoping to hear unheard tales
from the hills and sea.
White seagulls at the bank of Marinas
seem lonely like a stranger of myself;
As I walk down the road
in the shadow of piney hills
and see the public hot spring,
my nostalgia warms my heart again.
As sunset gets thicker and thicker
on the piney hills and sea
leaving a long summer day shadow,
I get on the night train for Tokyo (東京)
passing through Atami (熱海).
(Paul Lee 이풍호 시, 2007년 여름)
