ShuntaroTanikawa \u2026 one of greatest poets from Japan passed away. He was 92. His Japanese language is so beautiful I never felt like translating his work – better learn Japanese and read and appreciate his poem in its original language I thought. But then, so many will miss out on his genius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I shall make an attempt out of love for his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u5b9d\u3060\u304b\u3089<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u307b\u3093\u3068\u306b\u5927\u4e8b\u306a\u3082\u306e\u306f\u3042\u308b\u3060\u3051\u3067\u3044\u3044<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u307b\u3093\u3068\u306b\u5927\u5207\u306a\u30d2\u30c8\u306f\u3044\u308b\u3060\u3051\u3067\u3044\u3044<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u671d\u3000\u7a7a\u304c\u3042\u308b\u3000\u66c7\u3063\u3066\u3044\u3066\u3082\u6674\u308c\u3066\u3044\u3066\u3082<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u591c\u3000\u50cd\u304f\u4eba\u304c\u3044\u308b\u3000\u541b\u304c\u5922\u3092\u898b\u3066\u3044\u308b\u9593\u306b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u305f\u307e\u306b\u306f\u4eba\u9593\u3084\u3081\u3066\u3082\u3044\u3044\u3093\u3058\u3083\u306a\u3044\u304b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u30ad\u30ce\u30b3\u306b\u306a\u3063\u3066\u68ee\u306b\u3044\u3066\u307f\u308b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u30af\u30e9\u30b2\u306b\u306a\u3063\u3066\u6d77\u306b\u3044\u3066\u307f\u308b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u30b3\u30c8\u30d0\u306b\u306a\u3063\u3066\u610f\u5473\u3092\u3084\u3081\u3066\u307f\u308b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u81ea\u5206\u306b\u3082\u3069\u3063\u3066\u307c\u3093\u3084\u308a\u3057\u3066\u307f\u308b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u76ee\u3082\u8033\u3082\u53e3\u3082\u9f3b\u3082\u624b\u8db3\u3082\u5fd9\u3057\u3044<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u30b7\u30cb\u30ab\u30eb\u306a\u5927\u7206\u7b11\u3082\u5b9d\u77f3\u307f\u305f\u3044\u306b\u8f1d\u3044\u3066<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u8c37\u5ddd\u4fca\u592a\u90ce<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Treasure<\/p>
Truly valuable things are good enough just existing<\/p>
Truly precious person is good enough just being<\/p>
Anything anybody starts from just being <\/p>
Morning being a sky whether cloudy or sunny<\/p>
Noon being friends whether we get along or not<\/p>
Night someone’s working while you are dreaming <\/p>
Once in a while maybe stop being a human<\/p>
Be a mushroom and try being in a forest<\/p>
Be a jellyfish and try being in an ocean<\/p>
Be a word and quit having a definition<\/p>
Be a voice and call out for Annapurna<\/p>
Return to being yourself and why not space out<\/p>
Every hour every day, each a treasure as long as we are alive<\/p>
Being a live, our eyes, ears, mouth, nose, limbs are always busy<\/p>
Alive, even a roaring laughter of cynicism <\/p>
shines and sparkles like a treasured jewel <\/p>Shuntaro Tanikawa<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
It’s probably like reading Shakespear translated into Japanese or Hafiz or Rumi into English… with a translater in love with Shakespear or Hafiz, sure, it’s possible to do an adequate job but if you really really want to immerse yourself in that poetry … got to read them in the original language full of its quirks and charms. Read “Alone in Two Billion Light Years” (1952) in the original and feel the WONDER. First published when he was 21. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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