Life Salt of Itoshima

We aimed at keeping you
like you were in the ocean.

An island rose from the breaking,

shattered, in auspicious blue.

Our world was small and remote
behind the dancing shadows.
We collected all the seawater
and you naturally formed

with the richest minerals
when all the water evaporated
from the swimmable sea.
The water clock dripped.

The sun studied the spots of time.
How we aimed at keeping you
like you were in the ocean,
still, you grew totally different

from what people knew.
It is precisely because we
receive you every day
the heart beats a constant.