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First Love and Toson Shimazaki :Spring Dreams

島崎藤村『若菜集』詩「初恋」英語訳(English Translation)

Spring dreams are enchanting, whether they be reminiscence of good ol' days or aspirations for days to come. This daydream-like ...
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Sea Roar: Spring Dreams

島崎藤村『若菜集』詩「潮音」英語訳(English Translation)

Toson Shimazaki (1872-1943) has been considered a founder of Japanese modern poetry. In this poem with beautiful imagery of the sea, not ...
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Exuberance and Kanoko Okamoto: Lost and Found

岡本かの子『老妓抄』和歌「年々にわが悲しみは深くしていよよ華やぐいのちなりけり」英語訳(English Translation)

Where does sadness come from? It doesn't emerge only from the darkness. It is with exuberant vitality. Here we have ...
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In Retrospect and Michizo Tachihara: Lost and Found

立原道造『萱草に寄す』詩「のちのおもひに」英語訳

This series aims at visiting our mental "Lost and found," calling for a poetic help to take back a certain ...
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Who Else and Noriko Ibaragi: Lost and Found

茨木のり子『自分の感受性くらい』詩「自分の感受性くらい」英語訳

Poetic sensitivity isn't exclusively owned by poets. It resides in all of us. But all too often we get emotionally ...
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Act of Living and Rin Ishigaki: Lost and Found

石垣りん『表札など』詩「くらし」英語訳

We've been examining how art draws out our innermost emotions. I should definitely introduce another great modern poet. Rin Ishigaki ...
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Sadness and Chuya Nakahara: Lost and Found

中原中也『山羊の歌』詩「汚れっちまった悲しみに……」英語訳

With tolls of New Year's bell dispelling earthly desires, people welcome the New Year with a refreshed and invigorated mind ...
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Pilgrim: In Search of Home

若山牧水、和歌「けふもまたこころの鉦をうち鳴らしうち鳴らしつつあくがれていく」英語訳

Bokusui Wakayama (1885-1928) made lots of songs about and on traveling. Many of his waka reflect the underlying notion about ...
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Prepared: In Search of Home

若山牧水、和歌「幾山河越えさり行かば寂しさの終てなむ国ぞ今日も旅ゆく」英語訳

Bokusui Wakayama (1885-1928) is one of the most popular modern poets. Many of his waka (short poems) were made during ...
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Away: In Search of Home

室生犀星、『抒情小曲集』詩「ふるさとは遠きにありて思ふもの」英語訳

Here is another great modern Japanese poem. This poem, by Saisei Muro (1889-1962), is from his anthology called "The Lyrical ...
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Coco: In Search of Home

島崎藤村、『落梅集』詩「椰子の実」英語訳

This post is going to be another unusual post because I'm going to introduce a Japanese song to give another ...
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