Songs

Cocoon and grave

by Nathan Tinker From Kaneko Misuzu Settings (2011)

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Translation

A silkworm enters its cocoon
English translation © Alex Fyffe

A silkworm enters its cocoon
that tight, uncomfortable cocoon.

But the silkworm must be happy;
it will become a butterfly
and fly away.

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