#0414

                      Foto: Óscar Díaz

生き残る蠅が私をおぼえている
Ikinokoru hae ga watashi o oboete iru
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)
    
Moscas que sobreviven / Y guardan mi memoria
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)
    
The few flies that remain / Seem to remember me. (Tr. by John Stevens)
     
The few flies that remain / find me familiar. (Tr. by Okami)

#0365

ほろほろ酔うて木の葉ふる
horo-horo yōte ko no ha furu
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)
    
Slightly tipsy; / The leaves fall / One by one. (Tr. by John Stevens)
  
Happily drunk / tree leaves / drifting down (Tr. by Burton Watson)
   
A soft whirling drunk, / a scattering of leaves. (Tr. by James Abrams)
   
I am drunk, / Mellowly, / The leaves are falling. (Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)
   
Fluttering drunk leaves scatter (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)
    
I am tipsy feeling 'horohoro', / while leaves are falling around me. (Tr. by endoy)
   
A little woozy, / leaves fall one by one. (Tr. by Okami)
   
Légèrement ivre / les feuilles des arbres / se dispersent 

(Tr. par Cheng Wing fun et Hervé Collet)
   
Légèrement ivre / une feuille tombe de l'arbre (Tr. par André Vendevenne)
     
Angeheitert wie ich Blätter tänzeln zu Boden (Übers. Robert F. Wittkamp)

#0282

ひなたまぶしく飯ばかりの飯を
Hinata mabushiku meshi bakari no meshi o 
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

           
Relumbrante a la luz del sol / mi comida: / arroz hervido sin más
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

          
Shining brightly / In the sunshine: / My meal of boiled rice. (Tr. by John Stevens)

         
Light fills the air, / the rice is shining white. (Tr. by James Abrams)

        
Shining brightly in the sunshine: / my little bowl of rice. (Tr. by Okami)

            
In my begging bowl / the glaring whiteness / of rice (Tr. by Gilles Fabre)

#0281

ほろほろ酔うて木の葉ふる
horo-horo yōte ko no ha furu (SMT) (1927–1928)
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

      
Slightly tipsy; / The leaves fall / One by one. (Tr. by John Stevens)

      
happily drunk / tree leaves / drifting down (Tr. by Burton Watson)

     
A soft whirling drunk, / a scattering of leaves. (Tr. by James Abrams)

    
I am drunk, / Mellowly, / The leaves are falling. (Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)

    
Fluttering drunk leaves scatter (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)

    
I am tipsy feeling 'horohoro', / while leaves are falling around me. (Tr. by endoy)

     
A little woozy, / leaves fall one by one. (Tr. by Okami)

         

Légèrement ivre / les feuilles des arbres / se dispersent 

(Tr. par Cheng Wing fun et Hervé Collet)

          

Légèrement ivre / une feuille tombe de l'arbre (Tr. par André Vendevenne)

        
Angeheitert wie ich Blätter tänzeln zu Boden (Übers. Robert F. Wittkamp)

#0277

                 Foto: Óscar Díaz

やっと郵便がきてそれから熟柿がおちるだけ
Yatto yûbin ga kite sorekara jukushi ga ochiru dake
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)
     
Por fin vino el correo- / Después de eso, / solamente el caer de los caquis
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

        
At last / The mail has come! / Soon the ripe persimmons will fall. (Tr. by John Stevens)

      
At last some mail / from now on / ripe persimmons will fall (Tr. by Gilles Fabre)

          
Finally the mail came and now only ripe persimmons drop (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)

             
At last! / The mail's arrived. / Soon ripe fruit will fall. (Tr. by Okami)

#0248

どこにも水がない枯田汗してはたらく
doko ni mo mizu ga nai kareta ase shite hataraku

Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

           
No water anywhere; / Working in the dry rice field / The farmer sweats. 

(Tr. by John Stevens)

       
No water but that / trickling from / the farmer in the dry ricefield. (Tr. by Okami)

#0244

炎天をいただいて乞ひ歩く
Enten o itadaite koi aruku
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

     
Begging: I accept / The blazing sun. (Tr. by John Stevens)

   
Begging: I accept / the burning sun. (Tr. by Okami) 

   

Blazing sky above me / walking / begging (Tr. by Burton Watson)

   
Walking and begging, / thanking the burning sun. (Tr. by endoy)

   
Burning heaven on my head I beg I walk (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)
      
Above my head - / The burning summer sky, / Begging and walking. 

(Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)

    
Under the canopy of scorching heaven / I walk and beg. (Tr. by Takashi Nonin)

     
Burning heaven on my head I beg I walk (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)

     
Taking in the scorching sun, / begging as I go. (Tr. by James Abrams)

     
Mendiant / j'accepte / le soleil brûlant (Tr. par Gilles Fabre)
 

#0144

生き残つたからだ掻いてゐる

iki nokotta karada kaite iru

   Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

   
He sobrevivido / Mi cuerpo… / lo estoy rascando
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)


    

This body / still alive / scratching it (Tr. by Burton Watson)

 
Some life remains; / I scratch my body. (Tr. by John Stevens)


  

This body, / Which has survived so long, / I am scratching. 

(Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)

  

I've survived-- / Scratching my body. (Tr. by Takashi Nonin)


  

It having survived I’m scratching my body (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)


  

This body / that has survived / I am scratching it (Tr. by Gilles Fabre)


  

Some life remains: / I scratch my belly... (Tr. by Okami)

#0124

赤い尿していつまで旅をつづける事か
akai shito shite itsu made tabi o tsuzukeru koto ka
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

 
Orina roja de sangre… / ¿Hasta cuando seguiré viajando?
(Tr. de Vicente Haya)
"La poesía zen de Santôka"

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Red urine-- / How long will I be able / To continue this journey? (Tr. by John Stevens)

  

Pissing blood - / how long will I be able / to carry on? (Tr. by Okami)

  


Roter Urin – wie lange werde ich diese Reise fortsetzen können? 

(Übers. Jochen Hahn-Klimroth)

#0110

なんとなくあるいて墓と墓との間


nantonaku aruite haka to haka to no aida
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

 
Deambulando, / me sorprendo entre una tumba / y otra tumba
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

 
Without any destination / I walk between the tombstones. (Tr. by John Stevens)

  


Goallessly / I walk amongst tombstones. (Tr. by Okami)

#0109

              Foto de Rufino Díaz

生死の中の雪ふりしきる


seishi no naka no yuki furishikiru
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

  
Dentro de la vida y la muerte / la nieve cae incesantemente

(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)

 
Within life and death / Snow falls ceaselessly. (Tr. by John Stevens)

 
In the midst of life and death / Snow's falling thick and fast. (Tr. by Takashi Nonin)


  

The snow of life and death / Falls incessantly. (Tr. by R. H. Blyth)


  

Amidst life and death, / Snow continues to fall. (Tr. by Hisashi Miura and James Green)

  


In the midst of life and death the snow falls ceaselessly (Tr. by Hiroaki Sato)

  


In the midst of life and death, / a steady fall of snow. (Tr. by James Abrams)

  


It is snowing heavily / on my life and destiny. (Tr. by endoy)


  

Within life and death / snow ceaselessly falls. (Tr. by Okami)

  


Entre vie et mort / neige qui neige / encore encore (Tr. par André Vendevenne)

#0086

ひなたまぶしく飯ばかりの飯を
hinata mabushiku meshi bakari no meshi o
Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

 
Relumbrante a la luz del sol / mi comida: / arroz hervido sin más
(Tr. y comentario de Vicente Haya)
 
Resplendent a la llum del sol / el meu menjar: / arròs bullit sense més
(Tr. per Rafael Juan)

 
Shining brightly / In the sunshine: / My meal of boiled rice. (Tr. by John Stevens)

 
Light fills the air, / the rice is shining white. (Tr. by James Abrams)

 
Shining brightly in the sunshine: / my little bowl of rice. (Tr. by Okami)

 
In my begging bowl / the glaring whiteness / of rice (Tr. by Gilles Fabre)

#0042

銭がない物がない歯がない一人
zeni ga nai mono ga nai ha ga nai hitori

Taneda Santôka (種田 山頭火)

 
No tengo dinero, no tengo cosas, / No tengo dientes… / Estoy completamente solo
(Tr. y comentario de Vidente Haya)

 
No money, no things, / No teeth-- / All alone. (Tr. by John Stevens)

 


No money, / no possessions, / no teeth, / alone. (Tr. by James Abrams)

 
No money, no possessions, / no teeth - / all alone. (Tr. by Okami)