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The Beginning

All in a moment, years ago,
The boy I was became a man:
Suddenly my life began!
I saw the world before me— So
That ploughman by his horses stands
Sweating on the first hill's brow,
Having left the riverlands
Furrowed in the vale below,
And sees a mountainside to plough,
Barren rock to blunt his share,
Thunder hanging in the air,
And the black peak above him, bare,
Waiting now.
—Let him plough it if he dare!

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僕は男と成り
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これは詩ですので、わ​ざわざ「少年(だった​)」を入れなくても、​「僕は男と成り」の一​言で、うまく少年(僕​という言葉で'boy​'の表現は十分では?​)から成人したことを​表していると思います​。 
Mami Yamaguchi
耕すべき山のなぞえを見る
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Mami Yamaguchi
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