分け入っても分け入つても青い山

分け入っても分け入つても青い山 Je m’enfonce Je m’enfonce Dans les montagnes vertes tradu…

釣鐘にとまりて眠る胡蝶かな

釣鐘にとまりて眠る胡蝶かな on the temple bell has settled, and is fast asleep, a butterf…

3000

Sitting, watching For that coming instant Already gone

2995

Hush, hush, I rush To sit still on my cushion The garbage truck

鶏頭の十四五本もありぬべし

鶏頭の十四五本もありぬべし Cockscombs— there must be fourteen or fifteen

2960

The sitting goes on And on the ending bell strikes Unexpectedly

賀状みなわが人生の色模様

賀状みなわが人生の色模様 New Year's cards from friends - colored patterns of my lif…

襟正し無事と書きけり初硯

襟正し無事と書きけり初硯 Fastening my collar I write “nothing special”— first calligrap…

2868 (life in the 禅堂 Zendō)

Hammers hammer, drills drill Workers shouts through our windows Join in our s…

まつすぐな道でさみしい

まつすぐな道でさみしい Sur le chemin tout droit seul traduction de Aude Fieschi Th…

ふるさとの夜がふかいふるさとの夢

ふるさとの夜がふかいふるさとの夢 Dans mon village natal Au profond de la nuit Revant de mon…

やさしさに限りのなしや冬董

やさしさに限りのなしや冬董 No limit to kindness - winter violets translated by Kate M…

無事習ふ日々の暮らしや秋深む

無事習ふ日々の暮らしや秋深む Learning to be "nothing special" day by day - autu…

利他行と心にしかと寒の朝

利他行と心にしかと寒の朝 To be of benefit to others my heart’s firm vow -cold winter mo…

2833 (on 地藏種田 Dizang Planting the Fields )

these eighteen inches from my cushion to the wall I call them the world

ボールペン合掌裡に捨つ年の暮れ

ボールペン合掌裡に捨つ年の暮れ I bow to my ballpoint pen and throw it out - year's end…

2819 (Meditating by the Seine River)

In our post-industrial times we forget how much the city imposed a cadence to i…

2817 (Meditating by the Seine River)

At a distance we can hear the nascent city traffic. It is a white noise, flowin…

2814 (Meditating by the Seine River)

I walk to the meeting point coming from the other side of the island. The quay …

2812

noises in the kitchen the smell of coffee, subtle saturday sitting

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