An Ode to the Summer Stars
So bright you are
glorious abundant stars shower, a downpour across the night sky
Antares, angry red, the brightest star of Scorpion
Forever the target to Saggitarious’ steady arrow
Indus, where might you be, as
the Swan flys gracefully over the flow of milky way
Deneb, a first star shining its tail on a long necked swan
Andromeda, still a cursed captive,
Corona Borealis, still awaiting its king to adorn the crown
star speckels, comets, namesless particles of dust, shine upon us
such is the boundless beauty
I no longer desire jewels on this earth as
I have seen your beauty in our galaxy and beyond
this universe
Noriko Ibaragi (translated by K. Tsuyama, summer 2024)
Category: Beautiful Things
夏の星に
まばゆいばかり
豪華にばらまかれ
ふるほどに
星々
あれは蠍座の赤く怒る首星アンタレス
永久にそれを追わねばならない射手座の弓
印度人という名の星はどれだろう
天の川を悠々と飛ぶ白鳥
しっぽにデネブを光らせて
頚の長い大きなスワンよ！
アンドロメダはまだいましめを解かれぬままだし
冠座はかぶりてのないままに
誰かをじっと待っている
屑の星 粒の星 名のない星々
うつくしい者たちよ
わたくしが地上の宝石を欲しがらないのは
すでに
あなた達を視てしまったからなのだ
A poem by Ibaragi Noriko that I love.
If you love the piece, it’s easy for a multi-lingual mind…
Careful to transfer and preserve the nuance …One word at a time or
One sentence at a time or taking it as a whole organic creative breath…
Vastness that is this Universe, disbursed are these spakles of dust, our stars in the heavens. How do you translate? Let me show you the ways.
First let’s get this masterpiece into a Western style texts:
*** Alert !
So very strange !!! I had translated the above but it’s disappeared – wooosh from my page but fear not. I have a better version in my head – it’s funny one poem but different versions pops up.
TREATS! 
Celebrating duel March birthdays – Chirashi sushi so beautiful – Wajima laquer bowl so beautiful …Friendship so appreciated – Gochisousama:) 
Signs of being very stressed – tightened jaws, stiff shoulders, tight hips, shallow breathing, insomnia, odd pain at lower back … waking up in the morning already tired… still … employing all my knowledge from yoga therapeutics towards self-care to put on a happy face. To carry on.
With intentions to make my mother’s sunset time of life, hopefully a better one has given me a renewed sense of purpose. And at all times, what’s most effective in combatting this overwhelming energy drain for a reboot is through … Gratitude … Challenging times made a bit less painful, thanks to family and friends – forever grateful. Glad to be able to reciprocate those I owe so much gratitude to, one at a time, sharing. I would not have made it without going insane or seriously sick without your support. Arigato!!