{"id":32367,"date":"2026-07-04T13:35:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T20:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/?p=32367"},"modified":"2026-07-18T19:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T02:50:49","slug":"two-trillion-light-years-of-solitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/two-trillion-light-years-of-solitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Trillion Light Years of Solitude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Two Trillion Light Years of Solitude<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mankind slumbers, awakens, labors, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

on this small sphere<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes desiring to have Martians as friends<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martians on their small sphere<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i do no know what they are doing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(whether they are “neriri”<\/em>ing or “kiriri”<\/em>ing or might they be “harara”<\/em>ing, whatever their onomatopoeia, still<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i do not know what they do on Mars)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but they sometimes desires earthings as their buddies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is for absolutely certain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Truth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Universal Gravitation is the Power of Attraction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of the lonesome<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The universe is distorted<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus everyone desires one another<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The universe steadily expands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus we are all left to feel anxious<\/p>\n\n\n\n

reveling in the loneliness beyond two trillion light years away, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

i let out a sneeze<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Shuntaro Tanikawa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

translated by K. Tsuyama<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

***<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How would YOU translate this poem? Thoughts like this keep me away from feeling the profound sadness … of losing my mother as she has taken off on a journey into another universe, or is it the same universe that feels like another dimension so so SO many light years away …she desired to depart and consequently, no longer lonely – she is with all those who has passed on before us. She is home. She is immortal. She is united with the immortals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While we are left behind on this ever expanding distorted universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus (yes, as the poet keyed in on, some three quarters of a century ago at his age of 21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we are rather an anxious sort. Wouldn’t you agree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anxiously, we find ways to endure, desiring one another even humans seeking martians and likewise, martians desiring humans, as our small world expands and spirals out of entropy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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