japanese waters - 1st edition online by christopher schmidt

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This book is dedicated to the

individuals of Saga City, Japan

(Saga City Junior Women's

College and Niskikyushu University)

who willingly showed me love

during my homestays with

gracious hosts and all my new

Japanese friends in the Summer of

2012.

This collection of poems and pho-

tos is also a dedication to the

memory of those who were

effected after the bombing ofNagasaki, Japan on August 9th,

1945 as well as those who were



Nagasaki

I calmly meditate

in the serene zen

garden,

when out of nowhere

the atom bombsdrops.

I plead for my life

and a glass of

water.



私はセレナ・禅ガーデンで静かに瞑想するどこにも原子爆弾が投下されていない時、私は自身の生涯と一杯の水を嘆願する



Toil and Tears

I will not die,

I will live forever,

Now that I have seen

my peoples blood,

I will live inside of this

machine and

together we will

struggle.



私は死なないでしょう、私は永遠に生きるでしょう、私は人々の血を見た、私は

このマシーンの中で生きるでしょう、そして一緒にもがくでしょう。



Lord Sensei

Oh Master,

Father of mine,

Let I, fall beneath

your arm,

You take me the

way to the gate,

I, must walk the

garden alone.



The Dark Waters

A thousand waters

are replenished.

The race for one

lifetime is a fool’s

corruption of a

yesterday's

tomorrow.



大量の水が継ぎ足された一度きりの人生という生涯は今日のばかげた堕落



小川の水が巨石に対し押し、その周り優雅に流れている伝統の意見を持ち上げ過ぎるのは若者には不必要だ



The Natural Order

Just as waters of the

stream press against a

boulder;flowing graciously

around the obstruction,

I too uphold the

motions of traditions

With irrelevantknowledge to the

youth.



石の道を歩く、一歩ずつ、新たな一歩を踏み出す



私は風の中で寂しく青い花になり、まだ立っている



巨石の上に座っているマスクをつけた人物の名所遥か彼方から私をじっと見つめる



Recognition

Sitting on a

boulder,

the sight of a

person

wearing a mask,stares at me in the

distance.



道を歩く汚れた石を見つけるそれはできるだけ滑らかな石板としてきれいにされる



座っている、待っている、見ている



Tribal WarWabi sabi is

the way,

Understanding

the pasts to-day.



わびさびが道今日、過去を知る



Envision

There is no needfor a stone

walkway

if vines and

weeds preventyou

from seeing yourpath clearly.



石の歩道は必要ありません

ブドウの木や雑草ができない場合は

明らかにあなたのパスを見てから。



私は庭に達する

そしてとげは私の親指を貫通。



Clarity

I reach into the

garden and a thorn

pierces mythumb.



私の手のひらから落ち、

戻ってそれの自然な順序に浸透して、再舗装。



Holding

Waters

Falling out ofmy palms,

resurfacing,then seeping

back into it'snatural order.



Covered Light

I wait for an eclipse,yet the clouds cover the

sun.

私は日食を待つ、太陽が雲に覆われるのを



Conversation

At dawn, I contemplate.The words the birds speak

have got me questioning.

夜明け、瞑想する

鳥たちが話すその

言葉は、私に尋ねているようだ



その瞬間、私の心はとらえた、ただ一瞬だったとしても



Time

Momentarily, my

mind

catches

up with my

body,

even if it is only

for one moment.



香りは路地をのみこみ、家を満たし、窓を通り抜け香りを届ける



Breathing

Incense

overwhelms the

alleyfilled with homes,

only to bring thescent

in through the

window.



Heaven

(this moment)

This day is ofwater,

birds,

butterflies,

and trees.



今日は、水、鳥、蝶々、そして木々のため



この生涯が終わり過ぎゆく時、さようならを言うことも、去ることも、迷うことができぬ



The New Day

When this life is

done

and over with

you can nothesitate to say

goodbyeor leave.

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