This is poem 25 from Kyo’s second book of poetry, Zenryaku. For anyone inclined to be offended by the imagery, keep in mind that it’s art signed off on by a 28-year-old Shinto Buddhist who was, at the time, very into making a splash with shocking imagery and lyrics. Take it with a grain of salt.

Jesus Christ

愛情もって接しています
感情もって殺してやるよ
自由に笑えたアノ日々を思い出しますか？

迫り狂う恐怖の園
つまりソコは檻の外
だんだんと慣れてはくるが何時かはこの傷消えますか？

バットを持って人間狩り
もっと俺と遊びましょう

辻褄合わせの付合いきれない一般論に祝福だろ

そばにいれる不幸せは
そこでみせる意味合わせと何ら変わりはしない
お前らの社会の中で俺は上手く笑えてますか？

惨めなのはどっちかな？
真面目なのはそっちかな…

傷つきボロボロになっていっそう壊れてしまえばまたまた笑えるだろうよ

きっといつか嘆きの叫びがお前達を神へと導くだろう

English: Note: I rewrote a lot of this translation for the usual reason: it was uncolloquial to the point of being comic, which is NOT the intent of the poem. The line that begins “I’m fed up” is still very awkward, I know. I spent a frustrating 45 minutes on that line, and that’s the closest to the Japanese I could get it. As previously stated, I’m not a professional translator.

Jesus Christ

Connecting by way of love
I will kill you with emotions
Do you remember the days when you could laugh freely?

Impending madness, the garden of terror
In short, “there” is outside the cell
I am gradually growing accustomed to it, but when will the scar fade?

Human-hunt with a bat
Come play with me some more

I’m fed up with the fact that you bless the prevailing view just for consistency’s sake

The unhappiness you can put aside
Is no different from the forced implication shown there
Am I smiling satisfactorily in the midst of your society?

Who is more miserable?
I guess you all are more serious about it…

If you get more hurt, more ragged and more broken, I bet you can smile again and again

Surely someday a cry of grief will lead you all to god