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Kasa no Iratsume

The Gods of heaven are irrational.
So I may die and never meet you,
whom I love so much.

-Kasa no Iratsume
translated by Kenneth Rexroth and Ikuko Atsumi

Akazome Emon

I can no longer tell dream from reality.
Into what world shall I awake
from this bewildering dream?

-Akazome Emon
translated by Kenneth Rexroth and Ikuko Atsumi

Kenrei Mon-in Ukyou no Daibu

The leaves of the bush clover rustle in the wind.
I, not a leaf,
watched you without a sound.
You may have thought I paid no attention.

-Kenrei Mon-in Ukyou no Daibu
translated by Kenneth Rexroth and Ikuko Atsumi

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46+96=mice

Ame ni mo Makezu

ame ni mo makezu
kaze ni mo makezu
yuki ni mo natsu no atsusa ni mo makenu
jōbu na karada wo mochi
yoku wa naku
kesshite ikarazu
itsu mo shizuka ni waratte iru
ichi nichi ni genmai yon gō to
miso to sukoshi no yasai wo tabe
arayuru koto wo
jibun wo kanjō ni irezu ni
yoku mikiki shi wakari
soshite wasurezu
nohara no matsu no hayashi no kage no
chiisa na kayabuki no koya ni ite
higashi ni byōki no kodomo areba
itte kanbyō shite yari
nishi ni tsukareta haha areba
itte sono ine no taba wo oi
minami ni shinisō na hito areba
itte kowagaranakute mo ii to ii
kita ni kenka ya soshō ga areba
tsumaranai kara yamero to ii
hideri no toki wa namida wo nagashi
samusa no natsu wa oro-oro aruki
minna ni deku-no-bō to yobare
homerare mo sezu
ku ni mo sarezu
sō iu mono ni
watashi wa naritai

translation from Wikipedia :

not losing to the rain
not losing to the wind
not losing to the snow nor to summer's heat
with a strong body
unfettered by desire
never losing temper
always quietly smiling
every day four bowls of brown rice
miso and some vegetables to eat
in everything
count yourself last and put others before you
watching and listening, and understanding
and never forgetting
in the shade of the woods of the pines of the fields
being in a little thatched hut
if there is a sick child to the east
going and nursing over them
if there is a tired mother to the west
going and shouldering her sheaf of rice
if there is someone near death to the south
going and saying there's no need to be afraid
if there is a quarrel or a lawsuit to the north
telling them to leave off with such waste
when there's drought, shedding tears of sympathy
when the summer's cold, wandering upset
called a nobody by everyone
without being praised
without being blamed
such a person
I want to become

~Kenji Miyazawa

La Maison en Petits Cubes

No one Knows

"Dare mo shiranai anata no kamen
Dare mo shiranai anata no kao
No one knows your mask
No one knows your face"

Daruma Doll

I want a Daruma Doll. They intrigue me. It's a Japanese doll modeled after Bodhidharma. You color in one eye when you make a wish/goal, and you fill in the other when it's complete or fulfilled.
When the Japanese play red-light, green-light, they don't say "lights". Instead they say "Daruma-san ga koronda", which means "The Daruma Doll fell over". Those funny little things.