Monday, January 07, 2013
By Oneself
A poem by Ryōkan (1758-1831), tr. Ryūichi Abé and Peter Haskel:
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It's not that I don't careThe same, tr. Misao Kodama and Hikosaku Yanagishima:
To mingle with others
Only that I'm better
At amusing myself
I am not escaping from the world,Romanization:
But what I like best is
To enjoy myself alone
Without mingling in the crowd.
yononaka ni majiranu to niwa aranedomo
hitoriasobi zo ware wa masareru
