Word and Image

[karadin.livejournal.com]

By counting the grains
of white sand on the seashore
I will find the sum
of the great number of years
you are destined to enjoy

anon japanese poem

Comments

[elegantpaws.livejournal.com]

Lovely poem, equally lovely image.

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[elegantpaws.livejournal.com]

Found an interesting video the other day, and no, I have not checked to see if it is here already. Undoubtedly it is. It was intriguing though, it was a set of interviews with Gackt. Wondering if I could get them translated?

[elegantpaws.livejournal.com]

Yes, lets lol..tomorrow. I am beat. TOTALLY!

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

I like some of these Japanese poems very much.

I'm a bit puzzled by how they come to be in English though! Are they written in English? (from "japanese poem" I assume not) I haven't noticed any explanation about a translator or translation (which there would usually be on this site for a magazine interview or a newspaper report) so I'm curious whether the translations are made specially for this site (there are clearly Japanese speakers contributing) or whether the poems are taken from a translated source (if so, I'd be interested in buying an anthology!) - or indeed whether some of them are written in English.

Meanwhile (and under all my curiosity!), I did enjoy this one: thanks for posting it.

[lilyginnyblack.livejournal.com]

Ah, lovely poem, I really like it. It's very sweet. ^-^ And, the picture is really nice too, gotta love Genesis! :3

[mingoes.livejournal.com]

"destined to enjoy" that sounds magical
certainly nice poem. thanks for sharing