When she speaks Japanese
she is like a warbling brook
sweet and incomprehensible
to most of us
When she speaks Japanese
she is like the mist-covered sea
she speaks Japanese fluently

Half-Japanese, half-American
Her father is Japanese
a professor of theology
at a Christian college
in Kyoto
Her father is Japanese
Her father Japanese
she speaks Japanese
she lived there for several years

Her mother is from New England
Her mother is from Amherst
Her English is finer than mine
Not the diction only,
but the clarity
Her English is finer than most

Having lived in Japan for many years
and visited America often
And lived in America
and visited Japan
she has a curious sense of humor
Will you marry an American?
someone once asked her
She thought this incomparably funny

Her sense of humor corresponds
with her taste in men
always talking about gorgeous young men
the type of men who take the lead
in college repertory productions
and have appeared in a couple commercials