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Anna Walls Poem

“うばい合えば / If We Take from One Another”

By Aida Mitsuo

うばい合えば

 

うばい合えば足らぬ

わけ合えばあまる

 

うばい合えばあらそい

わけ合えばやすらぎ

 

うばい合えばにくしみ

わけ合えばよろこび

 

うばい合えば不満

わけ合えば感謝

 

うばい合えば戦争

わけ合えば平和

 

うばい合えば地獄

わけ合えば極楽

 

相田みつを

 

If we take from one another, there will never be enough

When we share, there will be more than enough

If we take from one another, there is strife

When we share, there is contentment

 

If we take from one another, there is hatred

When we share, joy

If we take from one another, there is discontent

When we share, gratitude

 

If we take from one another, there is war;

when we share, peace

If we take from one another, it is hell;

when we share, heaven

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