"Jampanese Haiku" by Cristian Tisselli

Obra: "Jampanese Haiku" por Cristian Tisselli; compuesta por música improvisada en multitracks con un sintetizador, mas una selección de nueve Haikus escritos por Monjes Zen y poetas Haikus, narrados por Hiro Hoshino. El video es un fragmento tomado del documental "Daimyo" de John Nathan, 1988. (no hay sincro ni edición)


1 Earth and metal...
although my breathing ceases
time and tide go on.
"Endo Atsujin" 1758-1836

2 The mists of evening.
when I think of them, far off
are days of long ago.
"Kito" 1682-1774

3 As I grow older,
even the much longer days
bring plentiful tears.
"Kobayashi Issa" 1763-1828

4 Everything I touch
with a tenderness, alas
pricks like a bramble.
"Kobayashi Issa"

5 Hope drowned in darkness
emerges from the night-time
bright as fireflies.
"Unknown"

6 The last winter leaves
clinging to the black branches
burst into nightjars.
"Masumi Kato" 1726-1796

7 Within your life and mine
there lives
a cherry blossom.
"Matsuo Basho" 1644-1694

8 In silence, alone,
I feel my heart and marvel
at the miracle.
"Unknown"

9 My storehouse burned down
now nothing stands between me
and the moon above.
"Mizuta Masahide" 1657-1723

Fuentes:
"Japanese Death Poems"
"One hundred famous Haikus"