Accent

Japanese

ふるさとの訛りなくせし友といて
    モカ珈琲はかくまでにがし  


Furusato no namari nakuseshi tomo to ite
    moka kōhī wa kaku made nigashi      

With my friend     
Who lost an accent 
Of my hometown,    
Mokha coffee tastes
Bitter like this   

Mokha is a port of Yemen, the gate of Red Sea.

7 Dec 2011 大雪 

Terayama Shuji

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