Poem
Inuo Taguchi
FOR BREAKFAST
In each and every grain of this brown ricea god is seated auspiciously and
enjoys supreme bliss and love
far beyond our imagination
That is also true of this turnip
and of this tofu
We live eating love
Our love eats love
A meal is such a festive ritual
We are surely starved
We have never been starved
because our real stomach
called the soul
is always filled with
food of supreme bliss
Even an inch-long bug has a half-inch-long soul
so peel away all the bad money of
sorrows
and turn it into the gold of joy
That is the hope entrusted to us,
says Breakfast to me,
we must never take our eyes off
that hope
© Translation: 2012, Takako Lento
aan het ontbijt
elke korrel van deze ongepelde rijstis gewijd aan god
en gaat ons voorstellingsvermogen ver te boven
vol plezier in geluk en liefde
en deze koolraap
hetzelfde geldt voor de tofoe
wij leven door liefde te eten
onze liefde drinkt liefde
zo’n viering is eten nu
wij lijden ongetwijfeld honger
wij hebben nog nooit honger geleden
onze ziel is de ware maag en
zit altijd vol met
geluksvoedsel
ook een insect is klein maar fijn en heeft een ziel
dus neem de besmette centen van ons verdriet
geef je helemaal bloot
en maak er een klinkende munt van blijdschap van
het ontbijt leert mij
dat dat de wens is die ons is toevertrouwd
van die wens
mogen wij onze blik nooit afwenden
© Vertaling: 2012, Ivo Smits
© 2012, Inuo Taguchi
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FOR BREAKFAST
In each and every grain of this brown ricea god is seated auspiciously and
enjoys supreme bliss and love
far beyond our imagination
That is also true of this turnip
and of this tofu
We live eating love
Our love eats love
A meal is such a festive ritual
We are surely starved
We have never been starved
because our real stomach
called the soul
is always filled with
food of supreme bliss
Even an inch-long bug has a half-inch-long soul
so peel away all the bad money of
sorrows
and turn it into the gold of joy
That is the hope entrusted to us,
says Breakfast to me,
we must never take our eyes off
that hope
© 2012, Takako Lento
FOR BREAKFAST
In each and every grain of this brown ricea god is seated auspiciously and
enjoys supreme bliss and love
far beyond our imagination
That is also true of this turnip
and of this tofu
We live eating love
Our love eats love
A meal is such a festive ritual
We are surely starved
We have never been starved
because our real stomach
called the soul
is always filled with
food of supreme bliss
Even an inch-long bug has a half-inch-long soul
so peel away all the bad money of
sorrows
and turn it into the gold of joy
That is the hope entrusted to us,
says Breakfast to me,
we must never take our eyes off
that hope
© 2012, Takako Lento
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