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An evening orchid, Buson |
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Whenever I read this poem I recall an experience we had when we unknowingly purchased such an orchid. We marveled at the beautiful white flowers which stay in bloom for months. After several days though there was this strong fragrance in the evening that took over the room! After much discussion (and much sniffing) we found the source to be the orchid. Since then we talked little of the white flowers, but often of the fragrance. As Buson suggests, the white flowers became hidden in the scent.
R. H.
Blyth writes, "As it grew darker, nothing could be seen of the stem
and the leaves, but the fragrance was stronger than ever, and the
orchid hid in its own perfume, the white flower alone faintly seen,
palely gleaming through the darkness."
[2]
R. H. Blyth suggests the translation: An evening orchid, - Nelson and Saito suggest the translation: Orchids in the night Calligraphy Notes:
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[1] Translation by Timothy L. Jackowski, Takase Studios, LLC.
[2] Blyth, R. H. (1982) Haiku, Volume Four: Autumn-Winter. Tokyo. The Hokuseido Press. 1103.
[3] Nelson, William. Saito, Takafumi (2006) 1020 Haiku in Translation: The Heart of Basho, Buson and Issa. South Carolina. BookSurge Publishing. 116.
Related Sites:
Jeffrey's Japanese <-> English Dictionary - This is an independent dictionary based on the Edict data maintained by Dr. Jim Breen of Monash University.
Haiku Source - A Selected Collection of Japanese Haiku - Includes a few English translations
Wikipedia - Haiku - Overview of Haiku including brief biographies of Japan's most influential poets
Moonset Literary Newspaper - Dedicated to the Poetic and Visual Studies of Japanese Art Forms
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