Sunday 8 July 2012

july the 7th: Tanabata

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He is coming, my long-desired lord, 
whom I have been waiting to meet here, 
on the banks of the River of Heaven.... 
The moment of loosening my girdle is nigh!







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On the River of Heaven
the sound of the water has become loud: 
perhaps my long-awaited lord 
will soon be coming in his boat






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The love-longing of one whole year 
having ended tonight, 
every day from tomorrow 
I must again pine for him as before!







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When autumn comes, 
and the river-mists spread over the Heavenly Stream, 
I turn toward the river, and long
 and the nights of my longing are many!






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*poems about Tanabata from the Manyoshu , tr. by Lafcadio Hearn


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Tuesday 3 July 2012

july 2: the proof






that she hasn't been eaten by the hat :-)



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