Tanka​​​

by anonymous Kabukicho hosts

translated by Damiana de Gennaro

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歌舞伎町夢と希望と欲望にうずまく町、町、人、人、町、町
Kabukichō—
dreams, hopes, and desire all
weave together here—
town, town, people, people,
town, town repeating again.

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眠らない街と言われる歌舞伎町なのに寝ている道路に人が

People say
Kabukichō never sleeps,
yet someone is there,
sleeping down upon the road,
on the asphalt night.