Haiku.
Fata Morgana| N° d'inventaire | 25678 |
| Format | 14 x 22 |
| Détails | 88 p., black and white illustrations, paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782377921058 |
"The Immemorials" Collection.
The spring day is ending,
Lingering
Where there is water.
(Issa)
"These are truly magical words," writes Philippe Jaccottet in the preface to this collection of Haiku that he has chosen and translated, for once setting aside his scruples as a translator to act as a "traitor in love," as a poet. It is true that the soul inevitably lightens upon encountering these poems, with the nature that reigns supreme in them. "A few extraordinarily free and light syllables" form an innocent music, capable of breaking down all the walls of the mind and restoring us to tranquility. A supernatural cohesion with the world, detecting the links "that unite things and unite us to them," this is what is at stake here. Only these words of traditional Japan, flourishing with the seasons, at the height of sensitive accuracy, can open the doors to such an inner adventure. The poet of Through an Orchard restores them to us in a magical way.
"The Immemorials" Collection.
The spring day is ending,
Lingering
Where there is water.
(Issa)
"These are truly magical words," writes Philippe Jaccottet in the preface to this collection of Haiku that he has chosen and translated, for once setting aside his scruples as a translator to act as a "traitor in love," as a poet. It is true that the soul inevitably lightens upon encountering these poems, with the nature that reigns supreme in them. "A few extraordinarily free and light syllables" form an innocent music, capable of breaking down all the walls of the mind and restoring us to tranquility. A supernatural cohesion with the world, detecting the links "that unite things and unite us to them," this is what is at stake here. Only these words of traditional Japan, flourishing with the seasons, at the height of sensitive accuracy, can open the doors to such an inner adventure. The poet of Through an Orchard restores them to us in a magical way.