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[haikubynight]

山頭火句集の鉢の子の二十一

Santouka Phrasebook

Child of the Bowl

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ほろほろ酔うて

木の葉ふる

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one by one the drunken leaves

fall gently to the earth

Amateur translation by haikubynight🍂

This may be one of my favorites so far. It speaks to being an observer fully in the present moment, one of the core tenets of Buddhism. Observer enough to find delight in the simple falling of leaves—drunken, enraptured little things—heralding the autumn.

[hi-technique]

Special Toro-Niku Ramen by Herman Au - http://www.hermanau.com on Flickr

[ramen-are-the-real-men]

Ramen Santouka

[kunyariphotographer]

[theramenrater]

#2722: Nissin / Seven & i Premium Santouka From Hawaii Soy Sauce Ramen - Japan

Finished (click to enlarge). Added Salad Cosmo mung bean sprouts and spring onion. The noodles were soft and really quite nice. The broth was a salty soy and shrimp taste - at first, I thought this wouldn't be to my liking but it was seriously grubbin stuff. 3.5 out of 5.0 stars.  JAN bar code 4902105243183.

[eiluned]

Yaaasss shoyu ramen 🤤 #food #foodporn #japanesefood #ramen #santouka (at Santouka)

[signal-failure]

#ramen #ramennoodles #santouka #foodstagram #instafood #yum #harvardsquare (at Santouka Harvard Square)

[haikubynight]

山頭火句集の鉢の子の十九

Santouka Phrasebook

Child of the Bowl

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まつすぐな道で

さみしい

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keeping to the path*

is loneliness

Amateur translation by haikubynight🗾

*Translation assuming 「まつすぐで」 is actually 「まっすぐで」, meaning “straight ahead or forward”, but written using the large 「つ」 instead of the small 「っ」. This seems to occur in other places in Santouka’s work.

In this poem, I’ve interpreted the double meaning of one, finding loneliness on the physical road being a solo traveler, and two, finding loneliness in keeping to the path to peace and enlightenment for a Buddhist priest.