Mate, I think you're turning Japanese,
I really think so
All these Tanka poems and Sapporo beers
These onzen spas, lying about like a sleeping Buddha,
I've watched your eyes darken and narrow
Mate, where's your English pluck,
did you lose it in Singapore?
I think you're turning Japanese,
I really think so.
First Edition Translation of Teselas by Carmen Crespo X111 César Simón Poetry Prixe 2016 Translated from Spanish by Robin Ouzman Hislop and Amparo Arrospíde