THE GARDEN OF WORDS
The Time Being
Jōge
Today when the summer thrush
Came to sing at Heron’s Nest
I crossed the Bridge of Dreams.
-Junichiro Tanizaki, 'Seven Japanese Tales'
Came to sing at Heron’s Nest
I crossed the Bridge of Dreams.
-Junichiro Tanizaki, 'Seven Japanese Tales'
“Dazai once said that the feeling of joy is perhaps like a speck of gold, glimmering faintly at the bottom of a river of grief.”
-tsuki ga kirei
Sitting silent in this quiet world
I sense a faint light deep within me.
The human world is thronged with busyness
Yet how could one forget such peace?
By chance I gain a day's serenity
and learn how hectic is the life of man
Where might I place this deep expansive calm?
It belongs only to the realm of eternal sky.
-Natsume Soseki, Kusamakura
I sense a faint light deep within me.
The human world is thronged with busyness
Yet how could one forget such peace?
By chance I gain a day's serenity
and learn how hectic is the life of man
Where might I place this deep expansive calm?
It belongs only to the realm of eternal sky.
-Natsume Soseki, Kusamakura
A Stormy Ocean
Contained in a Tiny Stream
Reflects the Heart of a Man
On the Veranda
Contained in a Tiny Stream
Reflects the Heart of a Man
On the Veranda
A faint clap of thunder,
Clouded skies,
Perhaps rain will come.
If so, will you stay here with me?
-The Garden of Words, Makoto Shinkai
Clouded skies,
Perhaps rain will come.
If so, will you stay here with me?
-The Garden of Words, Makoto Shinkai
Every rumble of the stream
the rustle of the leaves
he could see in his mind's eye
time passing
like tiny dusts
of golden moments
passing him by
the rustle of the leaves
he could see in his mind's eye
time passing
like tiny dusts
of golden moments
passing him by
