I came across these beautiful poems when reading the autumn edition of Kateigaho magazine featuring Kawabata Yasunari's Nobel lecture.
春は花夏ほととぎす秋は月冬雪さえてすずしかりけり
-道元（１２００年～５３年）の「本来面目」-
( "In the spring, cherry blossoms, in the summer the cuckoo.
In autumn the moon, and in winter the snow, clear, cold."
- quoted from 'Innate Spirit, by Dougen )
In autumn the moon, and in winter the snow, clear, cold."
- quoted from 'Innate Spirit, by Dougen )
雲を出でて我にともなふ冬の月風や身にしむ雪や冷めたき
-明恵上人（１１７３年～１２３２年）-
( "The winter moon comes from the clouds
to keep me company.
The wind is piercing, the snow is cold."
-by Myoe )
to keep me company.
The wind is piercing, the snow is cold."
-by Myoe )
...月を見る我が月になり、
我に見られる月が我になり、
自然に没入、自然と合一してぬます。
( "Seeing the moon, he becomes the moon,
the moon seen by him becomes him.
He sinks into nature, becomes one with nature.”
- quoted from Japan, the Beautiful and Myself
Kawabata Yasunari, Nobel Laureate 1968 )
the moon seen by him becomes him.
He sinks into nature, becomes one with nature.”
- quoted from Japan, the Beautiful and Myself
Kawabata Yasunari, Nobel Laureate 1968 )
I have an innate fetish for abstract and reflective poems or haiku and the likes, so bear with the literary phrenetic mood of mine. I find it simply amazing these poetic maestroes can churn such emotionally rendering words.
本当に美しかった。
～みはる～
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