tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15205060.post115596509055672765..comments2023-09-15T04:33:27.981-07:00Comments on INDIA SAIJIKI ..... (WKD - INDIA): Senior Citizen's DayGabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15205060.post-83821362302003143812015-01-06T00:17:31.247-08:002015-01-06T00:17:31.247-08:00Kobayashi Issa
としよりも目の正月ぞさくら花
toshiyori mo me no ...Kobayashi Issa<br /><br />としよりも目の正月ぞさくら花<br />toshiyori mo me no shoogatsu zo sakura hana<br /><br />This hokku appears in an anthology called Light Blue Sky, a selection of his later hokku Issa made for his student Shunko. It is a variant of a hokku from the first month (February) of 1820 in Issa 's diary. That hokku begins kochitora mo, "even I/we," so I take "old person" in the first line of the variant hokku above to refer to himself as an old person. In 1820 Issa was fifty-eight, but he had lost all his teeth years before, and he could feel himself aging. <br /><br />Issa seems to be using New Year's in two different senses. To "have New Year's before your eyes" was an idiom for seeing something beautiful or unusual that was exceedingly pleasing or healing to the heart or mind, as pleasing or healing as New Year's, in various ways the best time of the year. Cherries bloom in the second and third lunar months and aren't a New Year's sight, so Issa is saying that as he views the cherry blossoms with old eyes he's still deeply moved and is simultaneously seeing two different peak-experience times, even though his eyes are not as good as they used to be and despite the fact that he's seen many, many cherry blossoms over the years.<br /><br />Lunar New Year's, however, is also the time when everyone gets a year older, so Issa's merging of two times of year seems to imply that as he views the cherry blossoms he also sharply feels he is a year older and a year closer to falling and leaving the world in the same way the petals are falling and will soon disappear. Perhaps Issa is also implying that the cherry blossoms are even more moving now than they were when he was younger, since he now knows with his body's knowledge that he can't watch them forever. The two overlapping senses of New Year's make the hokku perceptibly waver in meaning and tone in much the way that the passage of time makes so many meanings in daily life move continuously back and forth.<br /><br />Chris Drake<br /> <br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15205060.post-89755964905213342822013-09-04T18:53:27.921-07:002013-09-04T18:53:27.921-07:00Kobayashi Issa
and the old frog
葉隠に年寄声の蛙哉
hagakur...Kobayashi Issa<br />and the old frog<br /><br />葉隠に年寄声の蛙哉<br />hagakure ni toshiyori koe no kawazu kana <br /><br />from behind leaves<br />the old, old voice<br />of a frog<br /><br />This spring hokku was written on 2/1 (March 9) in 1807, when Issa was living in Edo. <br /><br />As Issa walks by a bush or perhaps a low, leafy tree, he hears a long, low sound he can't place. Listening carefully, Issa recognizes the croaking of an old frog, but the fact that the frog is invisible in the daytime in the depths of a bush surely gives the frog's low croaks an uncanny emotional amplification. The frog might be asserting its territorial rights and right to privacy, so its aged voice perhaps has a ring of authority to it<br /> <br />The word toshiyori in the second line usually refers to an old human being, but in some contexts it refers equally to old or aged animals of all kinds, including frogs. Issa himself has two hokku about old or aged deer (toshiyori-jika). In the above hokku Issa uses the phrase toshiyori-goe no to modify "frog." <br /><br />It literally means "frog with an aged/old voice" -- another way of saying "an old frog's voice," except that Issa can't see the frog behind the leaves, so he has to judge its age by its voice, a voice which itself may sound a bit primordial. In other hokku Issa uses the same expression to suggest the age expressed by the cries of plovers, wild geese, autumn insects, and even bush warblers (uguisu), who are said to be "older" in the summer than they were in the spring. <br /><br />There is no trace of an old human in the above hokku, since it is the old frog itself that is the toshiyori or oldster, as revealed by its old-sounding voice.<br /> <br />Chris DrakeGabi Greve - Issahttp://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2013/02/kobayashi-issa.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15205060.post-62535311589613018862009-01-28T16:06:00.000-08:002009-01-28T16:06:00.000-08:00Japan Times Quotehttp://search.japantimes.co.jp/cg...Japan Times Quote<BR/>http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20090129jk.html<BR/><BR/>Shigeaki Hinohara<BR/><BR/>By JUDIT KAWAGUCHI<BR/><BR/><BR/>At the age of 97 years and 4 months, Shigeaki Hinohara is one of the world's longest-serving physicians and educators. Hinohara's magic touch is legendary: Since 1941 he has been healing patients at St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo and teaching at St. Luke's College of Nursing. After World War II, he envisioned a world-class hospital and college springing from the ruins of Tokyo; thanks to his pioneering spirit and business savvy, the doctor turned these institutions into the nation's top medical facility and nursing school. Today he serves as chairman of the board of trustees at both organizations. Always willing to try new things, he has published around 150 books since his 75th birthday, including one "Living Long, Living Good" that has sold more than 1.2 million copies. As the founder of the New Elderly Movement, Hinohara encourages others to live a long and happy life, a quest in which no role model is better than the doctor himself.<BR/><BR/>Energy comes from feeling good, not from eating well or sleeping a lot. We all remember how as children, when we were having fun, we often forgot to eat or sleep. I believe that we can keep that attitude as adults, too. It's best not to tire the body with too many rules such as lunchtime and bedtime.<BR/><BR/>All people who live long — regardless of nationality, race or gender — share one thing in common: None are overweight. For breakfast I drink coffee, a glass of milk and some orange juice with a tablespoon of olive oil in it. Olive oil is great for the arteries and keeps my skin healthy. Lunch is milk and a few cookies, or nothing when I am too busy to eat. I never get hungry because I focus on my work. Dinner is veggies, a bit of fish and rice, and, twice a week, 100 grams of lean meat.<BR/><BR/>Always plan ahead. My schedule book is already full until 2014, with lectures and my usual hospital work. In 2016 I'll have some fun, though: I plan to attend the Tokyo Olympics!<BR/><BR/>There is no need to ever retire, but if one must, it should be a lot later than 65. The current retirement age was set at 65 half a century ago, when the average life-expectancy in Japan was 68 years and only 125 Japanese were over 100 years old. Today, Japanese women live to be around 86 and men 80, and we have 36,000 centenarians in our country. In 20 years we will have about 50,000 people over the age of 100.<BR/><BR/>Share what you know. I give 150 lectures a year, some for 100 elementary-school children, others for 4,500 business people. I usually speak for 60 to 90 minutes, standing, to stay strong.<BR/><BR/>When a doctor recommends you take a test or have some surgery, ask whether the doctor would suggest that his or her spouse or children go through such a procedure. Contrary to popular belief, doctors can't cure everyone. So why cause unnecessary pain with surgery? I think music and animal therapy can help more than most doctors imagine.<BR/><BR/>To stay healthy, always take the stairs and carry your own stuff. I take two stairs at a time, to get my muscles moving.<BR/><BR/>My inspiration is Robert Browning's poem "Abt Vogler." My father used to read it to me. It encourages us to make big art, not small scribbles. It says to try to draw a circle so huge that there is no way we can finish it while we are alive. All we see is an arch; the rest is beyond our vision but it is there in the distance.<BR/><BR/>Pain is mysterious, and having fun is the best way to forget it. If a child has a toothache, and you start playing a game together, he or she immediately forgets the pain. Hospitals must cater to the basic need of patients: We all want to have fun. At St. Luke's we have music and animal therapies, and art classes.<BR/><BR/>Don't be crazy about amassing material things. Remember: You don't know when your number is up, and you can't take it with you to the next place.<BR/><BR/>Hospitals must be designed and prepared for major disasters, and they must accept every patient who appears at their doors. We designed St. Luke's so we can operate anywhere: in the basement, in the corridors, in the chapel. Most people thought I was crazy to prepare for a catastrophe, but on March 20, 1995, I was unfortunately proven right when members of the Aum Shinrikyu religious cult launched a terrorist attack in the Tokyo subway. We accepted 740 victims and in two hours figured out that it was sarin gas that had hit them. Sadly we lost one person, but we saved 739 lives.<BR/><BR/>Science alone can't cure or help people. Science lumps us all together, but illness is individual. Each person is unique, and diseases are connected to their hearts. To know the illness and help people, we need liberal and visual arts, not just medical ones.<BR/><BR/>Life is filled with incidents. On March 31, 1970, when I was 59 years old, I boarded the Yodogo, a flight from Tokyo to Fukuoka. It was a beautiful sunny morning, and as Mount Fuji came into sight, the plane was hijacked by the Japanese Communist League-Red Army Faction. I spent the next four days handcuffed to my seat in 40-degree heat. As a doctor, I looked at it all as an experiment and was amazed at how the body slowed down in a crisis.<BR/><BR/>Find a role model and aim to achieve even more than they could ever do. My father went to the United States in 1900 to study at Duke University in North Carolina. He was a pioneer and one of my heroes. Later I found a few more life guides, and when I am stuck, I ask myself how they would deal with the problem.<BR/><BR/>It's wonderful to live long. Until one is 60 years old, it is easy to work for one's family and to achieve one's goals. But in our later years, we should strive to contribute to society. Since the age of 65, I have worked as a volunteer. I still put in 18 hours seven days a week and love every minute of it.<BR/> <BR/>The Japan Times <BR/>(C) All rights reservedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15205060.post-36897787097427869032008-03-30T14:57:00.000-07:002008-03-30T14:57:00.000-07:00Here are the results of the SHIKI Kukai on AGEING,...Here are the results of the SHIKI Kukai on AGEING, as regards the members of Kenya Saijiki :<BR/><BR/>---------------------------<BR/>6 Points<BR/>---------------------------<BR/>my grandfather --<BR/>using less and less<BR/>of his cane<BR/><BR/>~ Abraham Muuo<BR/><BR/>---------------------------<BR/>5 Points<BR/>---------------------------<BR/>my grandmother<BR/>looking at me closely --<BR/>the frown on her face<BR/><BR/>~ Anne Wairimu<BR/><BR/>sunny evening --<BR/>my grandmother talking<BR/>to herself<BR/><BR/>~ Solomon Kilelu<BR/><BR/>---------------------------<BR/>2 Points<BR/>---------------------------<BR/>breezy evening --<BR/>my grandmother<BR/>trembles<BR/><BR/>~ Wandera David<BR/><BR/>---------------------------<BR/>1 Point<BR/>---------------------------<BR/>my grandmother<BR/>brushing a toothless mouth--<BR/>ageing<BR/><BR/>~ Joseph Kilunda<BR/><BR/>my grandfather<BR/>holding onto my hand --<BR/>a slow walk<BR/><BR/>~ Onesmus<BR/><BR/>my grandfather<BR/>chewing soft vegetables --<BR/>his toothless mouth<BR/><BR/>~ John Mwangi<BR/><BR/>----------------------------------------------<BR/>Other entries selected from among many submissions<BR/>----------------------------------------------<BR/>grey beads swing<BR/>an old man rides a bike<BR/>across a pine road<BR/><BR/>~ hussein haji<BR/><BR/>my grandmother<BR/>struggling to chew meat --<BR/>lunchtime<BR/><BR/>~ Martin Kamau<BR/><BR/>my grandfather<BR/>searching for his specs --<BR/>grey eyes<BR/><BR/>~ Fatuma Katana<BR/><BR/>my grandmother --<BR/>cap tightly covering<BR/>her bald head<BR/><BR/>~ Bilha Wanjiku<BR/><BR/>my mother<BR/>looking for dye --<BR/>more grey hair<BR/><BR/>~ Irene Muthengi<BR/><BR/>my grandmother<BR/>searching for tobacco --<BR/>a new pipe<BR/><BR/>~ Lucy Nyambura<BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenyasaijiki/message/1065Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15205060.post-76929258036393787682008-01-25T21:32:00.000-08:002008-01-25T21:32:00.000-08:00Once I posted a haiku reflecting the desease Alzhe...Once I posted a haiku reflecting the desease Alzheimer, a night<BR/>terror by itself:<BR/><BR/><BR/>golden autumnlight<BR/>has lost the way..<BR/>Alzheimer's winter<BR/><BR/><BR/>Here I'm not describing the seasons but periods of lifetime in<BR/>sickness - loneliness, not able to share all the good times/memories.<BR/>Getting old without a memory...it must be sooo cold<BR/><BR/><BR/>Heike GewiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15205060.post-2634056426316217292008-01-25T20:38:00.000-08:002008-01-25T20:38:00.000-08:00even blossom viewing becomes a chore... growing ol...<B><BR/>even blossom viewing <BR/>becomes a chore... <BR/>growing old<BR/></B><BR/>hana miru mo yakume nari keri oi ni keri<BR/><BR/>.花見るも役目也けり老にけり<BR/><BR/>by Issa, 1814<BR/><BR/>In the shorthand of haiku, "blossoms" (hana) can mean "cherry blossoms."<BR/><BR/>Tr. David Lanoue<BR/>http://cat.xula.edu/issa/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15205060.post-19566109987641506422007-11-20T20:41:00.000-08:002007-11-20T20:41:00.000-08:00老いながら椿となつて踊りけりoinagara tsubaki to natte odorikeria...老いながら椿となつて踊りけり<BR/>oinagara tsubaki to natte odorikeri<BR/><B><BR/>as I get older<BR/>I will become a camellia<BR/>and dance and dance<BR/></B><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.com/2007/03/mitsuhashi-takajo.html" REL="nofollow"> Mitsuhashi Takajo 三橋鷹女 </A><BR/>Tr. Gabi GreveGabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15205060.post-91967499689491563362007-06-17T17:54:00.000-07:002007-06-17T17:54:00.000-07:00.growing old-- a sooty paper fan works finetoshiyo....<BR/><B>growing old-- <BR/>a sooty paper fan <BR/>works fine</B><BR/><BR/>toshiyoreba susuke oogi mo tanomi kana<BR/><BR/>.としよれば煤け扇もたのみ哉<BR/><BR/>by Issa, 1818<BR/><BR/>I changed my translation of the third line from "is fine" to "works fine" based on the comment of Sakuo Nakamura: "Tanomi means to rely on, or to depend on." <BR/>He paraphrases: <BR/><BR/>"growing old<BR/>even a sooty paper fan<BR/>is reliable." <BR/><BR/>Sakuo adds that if the old man had a new fan, he would look even older than before!<BR/><BR/>Tr. David Lanoue / http://cat.xula.edu/issa/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15205060.post-1170473941213615972007-02-02T19:39:00.000-08:002007-02-02T19:39:00.000-08:00.growing old-- these eyes no good for flea chasing....<BR/><B>growing old-- <BR/>these eyes no good <BR/>for flea chasing</B><BR/><BR/>toshiyori mo nomi o ou me wa kasumanu ka<BR/><BR/>としよりも蚤を追ふ目はかすまぬか<BR/><BR/>by Issa, 1822<BR/><BR/>In the original, Issa poses a rhetorical question: "Don't these flea-chasing eyes blur/cloud over?" Shinji Ogawa notes that, in Japanese, "there is an idiom, nomi-tori manako (flea catcher's eyes = keen eagle eyes). <BR/>In this haiku, Issa plays with the idiomatic phrase by aying, 'Aren't even the old man's eyes blurred when chasing fleas?"<BR/><BR/>Tr. David Lanoue<BR/>http://cat.xula.edu/issa/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15205060.post-1161046907878449962006-10-16T18:01:00.000-07:002006-10-16T18:01:00.000-07:00.93rd autumn-only companions left,old mountains —V....<BR/><B>93rd autumn-<BR/>only companions left,<BR/>old mountains </B><BR/><BR/>—Vishnu P Kapoor<BR/><BR/>http://tinywords.com/haiku/2006/10/12/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15205060.post-1159594416596355512006-09-29T22:33:00.000-07:002006-09-29T22:33:00.000-07:00.am Kanal entlang -eine Frau fragt mich,wo sie woh....<BR/>am Kanal entlang -<BR/>eine Frau fragt mich,<BR/>wo sie wohne<BR/><BR/>Angelika Wienert, 2006<BR/><BR/>http://haiku-shelf.blogspot.com/2006/09/photo-martin-g_25.html<BR/><BR/>::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15205060.post-1159064781203882352006-09-23T19:26:00.000-07:002006-09-23T19:26:00.000-07:00.growing old-- these eyes no good for flea chasing....<BR/><B>growing old-- <BR/>these eyes no good <BR/>for flea chasing </B><BR/><BR/>toshiyori mo nomi o ou me wa kasumanu ka<BR/><BR/>としよりも蚤を追ふ目はかすまぬか<BR/><BR/>by Issa, 1822<BR/><BR/>http://cat.xula.edu/issa/<BR/><BR/>::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15205060.post-1156032190601798082006-08-19T17:03:00.000-07:002006-08-19T17:03:00.000-07:00Respect for the Aged Day -grandpa's teeth rinsedan...<B>Respect for the Aged Day -<BR/>grandpa's teeth rinsed<BR/>and ready to go </B><BR/><BR/>Shane Gilreath <BR/><BR/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simply_haiku/message/15929Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com