Just went for \u00a0run down here in the steamy early evening Carolina air.. it was like growing up in houston.. air so think you have to swim through it.. Great sound of cicadas everywhere. Reminded me of high school when we had to study Haiku.. i thin k it Ms. Kelly’s 12th grade English class.. \u00a0 I remember reading a Haiku by the Master Basho.. \u00a0 I looked it iup.. and seems it has a \u00a0bunch of different translations<\/p>\n
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shizukasa ya iwa ni shimiiru semi no koe<\/p>\n
stillness–
\nsinking into the rocks,<\/p>\n
cicadas’ cry –Barnhill, Bash\u014d\u2019s Haiku, 94, #392<\/p>\n
the stillness\u2014
\nseeping into the rocks
\ncicadas\u2019 screech
\n–Ueda, Bash\u014d and His Interpreters, 249<\/p>\n
Quietness–
\nSinking into the rocks,
\nA cicada’s cry.
\n–Ueda, Matsuo Bash\u014d, 52<\/p>\n
stillness\u2014
\nsinking deep into the rocks<\/p>\n
cries of the cicada
\n–Shirane, Traces of Dreams, 228, 273<\/p>\n
Lonely stillness\u2014
\na single cicada\u2019s cry
\nsinking into stone
\n–Hamill, The Essential Bash\u014d, 22, 143<\/p>\n
Ah, such stillness:
\nthat the very rocks are pierced<\/p>\n
by cicadas\u2019 drone!
\n–Carter, Traditional Japanese Poetry, 356<\/p>\n
Ah, tranquility! Penetrating the very rock,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
stillness!
\nrocks into pierce cicada ‘s cry<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
a cicada’s voice.
\n–Helen Craig McCullough, Classical Japanese Prose, 539<\/p>\n
How still it is here\u2014 Stinging into the stones, The locusts\u2019 trill. –Keene, Narrow Road 99<\/p>\n
Quietness: seeping into the rocks, the cicada\u2019s voice –Sato, Narrow Road, 95<\/p>\n
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thats a lot of interpretation for a stupid bug…<\/p>\n
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but hey.. it sounds cool !<\/p>\n
nite all, note sam<\/p>\n
-me<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Just went for \u00a0run down here in the steamy early evening Carolina air.. it was like growing up in houston.. air so think you have to swim through it.. Great sound of cicadas everywhere. Reminded me of high school when we had to study Haiku.. i thin k it Ms. Kelly’s 12th grade English class.. … Continue reading Thursday night – Cicadas in translation<\/span>