the person who starts a new life
opens a new route
Mitsuo Aida was born May 20, 1924 in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Teenager, is attracted to the art of calligraphy and poetry tanka, generally characterized by short essays. In 1942 he met the priest Zen Tetsuou Takei, who became his mentor.
met by chance a person can change the course of your life
welcome those occasions
Develops its original style: short poems composed autobiographical and transcribed on canvas with brush and ink.
In 1954, Ashikaga, exhibiting for the first time his works, in a exhibition entitled My words - my handwriting.
The following year he began to draw bookmarks, wrapping paper and printed fabrics, popular articles in Japan.
happiness is always determined by your heart
In the seventies, sets out his thinking in different cities giving lectures and publishing the news of the lay Buddhist Enyu -kai, which he founded in 1974 and in 1984 published a collection of poems Ningen damono ( Because they are human), which will be sold over a million copies and in 1987 released another collection, Okage san (Thank you ).
The here and now, bilingual in Japanese and English, appeared in 1996, five years after his death due to cerebral hemorrhage. That same year, was opened in Tokyo the Mitsuo Aida Museum ( www.mitsuo.co.jp ).
preceding and following translations were made by the writer from English versions of some of Mitsuo Aida works available at the Museum of Tokyo, titles and dates of composition are reported when present.
no matter what, no matter
and property most important
that we must continue to devote our important lives
flowers bloom on new branches always
new branches
inevitably grow on old trunks
my flower (1970)
also brings weed unnamed fruit
its flower buds
lively
the way (1980)
somewhere in our long life
there is a path we must take as we strive to avoid
at that moment, all that one can do is keep quiet and walk on the path
without complaining or whining
walking without saying anything
only remain silent and never show tears
is then, as human beings,
that the roots grow deeper in our souls
0 comments:
Post a Comment