Luyện nghe bài hát Poetry Reading by Genqui Numata

(to a person a staircase)

Rie Iizuka

keitaro: eto wa
boku-tachi
ga
irun desukedomo, mo, e...
subarashii guest wo
orimasu.
e... no kata desu.
saki hodo utsutteta
kono e mo kare no
sakuhin nan ga
idai naru de ari
de aru
numata san desu.

oss! oss!
desu.
kyô wa no
shi wo sasete
itadakimasu.
pizzicato ni
sasagemasu.
kaidan wo hito.

kaidan wo kakeoriru yo
hitai ni ase wo
obiekitte de
kaidan no ue wo no yô ni
hito
haru no chikadô wa hokori no
namanurui ga fukiagete kuru
wo tamotte
rhythm wo
tan tan to wo
ike
naname ni building wo

inu wo
neko wo
kippu uriba hayaashi da

itsumo ashi ga no mono to wa

rhythm wo
wo tamochi
tamochikirenakunatta
ni shintai to
ashi no atta toki
soko ni na
ga aru no da
ashi ga karada wo
shimau no ka wakaranai
sore shinzô hossa no
yô na ga aru no ka wakaranai

wa

rhythm wa ni

hayakunatta rhythm wa no
furue to shihajimeru
rakka wa
shunkan ni sarete iru no da
ore ra wa
nan nan da?
oira wa
nan da?
kansetu wo
wo haizurimawaru
na no ka?
irotsuke wo yô na
ni
koe na no ka?
kihaku na de
no
sono na no ka?
kiete iku hito
koe
no koe
rhythm wo
rhythm wo
ni
ni
shitashiki yo
tooi yo
saa ensoku ni
na toki ga
sugite
shizuka ni ga
akete
jaa

keitaro: well,
as we have
a guest.
a guest
has agreed to here today.
an artist.
the you saw
on the
are his.
please a big
to a great
and a great
ladies and gentlemen, mr numata.

hi, y'all.
my is genqui numata.
i will

a poem.
i dedicate poem
to five.
to a descending a staircase.

hey you, who are descending staircase
with sweat on your
of going down you let your gaze
glide down the stairs a shadow.
yes, you.
underpass in springtime smells of dust
and a lukewarm breeze by.
keep up your
keep up your
and climb down those
as if life depended on that.
pass by that building
kick the dogs
the cats too
and go fast to the counter.

are
beings.
keep up rhythm
keep up your
and when you take it anymore
when body
and your legs have reached their
at that
a soft will ensue.
you as if
your legs off your body
or maybe there's a
like a attack
but you don't know it is.

you
know.
you
gather up
and as you up your legs
and your lips start to resonate.
the fall comes at the moment
and it easier.
and you ask
who are we?
who am i
al?
your joints
am i but
a crawling of art?
am i but
a voice away
this sky
so blue it like it's been dyed?
am i but
the of
this fall thin air?
shadow that away
that dies away
voice from the
keep up rhythm
keep up your
with
with
hey you, legs,
hey you, my distant
go on a stroll
as the silent goes by
the silently
itself.
goodbye.