【読書日詩】　夏目漱石『夢十夜』

死んだらどこへ行く、眠れぬ夜の闇に問う。もといた場所に戻る、生まれる前にいた場所に。なるほど一生など、一夜の夢のようなものか。返答すると、一人腹を叩いて笑う。音が闇にしみ入り、吐いた息が闇に消え入る。こりゃ随分と、寝覚めがよさそうだ。

Where do I go after death, ask the darkness on sleepless nights.
"Return to the place you were in, where you were before you were born."
The darkness responds. Is life like a night dream? I laugh at the belly. The sound penetrates into the darkness and the exhaled breath disappears into the darkness. It seems to have a good morning.