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$B1+%K%b%^%1%:(J $B5\Bt8-<#(J (1896-1933) |
Ame
ni mo makezu
Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) $B!!(J |
| $B1+%K%b%^%1%:(J | Unperturbed by the rain |
| $BIw%K%b%^%1%:(J | Unruffled by the wind |
| $B@c%K%b2F%N=k%5%K%b%^%1%L(J | Unflurried by the snow and unfazed by the summer heat |
| $B>fIW%J%+%i%@%r%b%A(J | Of sound body |
| $BM]%O%J%/(J | Without desire |
| $B7h%7%FbS%i%:(J | Never angry |
| $B%$%D%b%7%E%+%K%o%i%D%F%p%k(J | But always a quiet smile |
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Eating three square meals a day |
| $BL#A9%H>/%7%NLn:Z%r%?%Y(J | Of brown rice, some miso, and a few vegetables |
| $B%"%i%f%k%3%H%r(J | In all things |
| $B%8%V%s%r%+%s%8%h%&%KF~%l%:%K(J | Free of self-interest |
| $B%h%/%_%-!3%7%o%+%j(J | Seeing and hearing well |
| $B%=%7%F%o%9%l%:(J | Understanding and remembering |
| $BLn86%N>>%NNS%N0~%N(J | In the shade of a pine grove in a field |
| $B>.%5%J3~%V%-%N>.20%K%p%F(J | A small, thatched hut in which to live |
| $BEl%KIB]f%N%3%I%b%"%l%P(J | If in the east there are sick children |
| $B9T%D%F4GIB%7%F%d%j(J | Going to nurse them |
| $B@>%K%D%+%l%?Jl%"%l%P(J | If in the west there are weary women |
| $B9T%D%F%=%NcK%NB+%rIi%R(J | Going to bear their sheaves |
| $BFn%K;`%K%5%&%J?M%"%l%P(J | If in the south there are dying men |
| $B9T%D%F%3%O%,%i%J%/%F%b%$!3%H%$%R(J | Going to ease their fear |
| $BKL%K%1%s%/%o%d%=%7%h%&%,%"%l%P(J | If in the north there is conflict |
| $B%D%^%i%J%$%+%i%d%a%m%H%$%R(J | Telling them to set aside their differences |
| $B%R%G%j%N%H%-%O%J%_%@%r%J%,%7(J | Shedding tears in time of drought |
| $B%5%`%5%N%J%D%O%*%m%*%m%"%k%-(J | And worrying over a cold summer that threatens the harvest |
| $B%_%s%J%K%G%/%N%\%&%H%h%P%l(J | Thought of by all as a nobody |
| $B%[%a%i%l%b%;%:(J | Neither sought |
| $B%/%K%b%5%l%:(J | Nor avoided by any |
| $B%5%&%$%U%b%N%K(J | That is the kind of person |
| $B%o%?%7%O(J | I hope |
| $B%J%j%?%$(J | To become |
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