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【Poem Reading Tuesday】all the time I pray to Buddha by Kobayashi

CBA7 2024-02-27 07:29:32 ( reads)

[all the time I pray to Buddha]
by Kobayashi Issa
Translated by Robert Hass

All the time I pray to Buddha
I keep on
    killing mosquitoes.

Source: The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho Buson and Issa (The Ecco Press, 1994)

About the author
Kobayashi Issa | Poetry Foundation

About Haiku
Haiku (or hokku) | Poetry Foundation
10 Vivid Haikus to Leave you Breathless - Read Poetry
Haiku | Academy of American Poets
The History and Artistry of Haiku | FSI (stanford.edu)

【活动说明】
欣赏了诗歌之后,欢迎大家在跟帖里对诗歌进行点评,分享读后感。本活动主要是为大家提供一个阅读英文诗歌的窗口,以赏诗为主,不要求写诗。如果大家偶尔灵感闪现,有感而发地想要写写诗的话,大家可以尝试用相同的或者相关的诗歌标题,写出不一样的英文诗,在赏诗写诗的过程中自娱自乐。写出来的英文诗如果愿意分享的话,欢迎以主帖或者跟帖的方式分享。谢谢大家的关注和支持!

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跟帖(36)

CBA7

2024-02-27 07:30:03

Happy Tuesday! 欢迎大家在跟帖里对诗歌进行点评,分享读后感。

盈盈一笑间

2024-02-27 09:11:59

Happy Tuesday! 谢谢小西主持周二英文诗歌活动,辛苦了!

CBA7

2024-02-27 09:22:12

谢谢盈盈,my pleasure :)

康赛欧

2024-02-27 08:59:48

Buddha teaches us not to take away the life of any living

CBA7

2024-02-27 09:24:16

Good question. This Haiku is a profound reflection on the

CBA7

2024-02-27 09:25:27

contradiction between the speaker's spiritual devotion and

CBA7

2024-02-27 09:25:42

their mundane actions.

CBA7

2024-02-27 09:31:19

请注意,在文学作品中的 speaker 例如 我(I)并不代表就是作者本人,而可能是用第一人称的方式来泛指任何人。

小鱼无双

2024-02-27 09:02:56

多谢小西的分享!看了链接里Kobayashi(小林一茶)和Haiku(俳句)的介绍,涨知识啦。。。

盈盈一笑间

2024-02-27 09:14:22

欢迎来美坛玩~~

小鱼无双

2024-02-27 09:33:43

盈盈好久不见!给你一个Big hug!

盈盈一笑间

2024-02-27 10:18:44

Bear hugs ,小鱼常来玩。:)

小鱼无双

2024-02-27 09:32:04

这首应该不算Haiku吧?Three lines but not follow 5-7-5 syllables.

CBA7

2024-02-27 09:40:08

这首是Haiku,Haiku有不同的类型和要求。

CBA7

2024-02-27 09:37:05

谢谢小鱼儿雅临点评留言鼓励。我也和你一起涨知识了。我很喜欢日本俳句,短小精悍,但是不太了解其规则,也从来没有写过。

盈盈一笑间

2024-02-27 09:13:50

短小精悍,讽刺诗,意味深长~~

CBA7

2024-02-27 09:41:30

同感,令人深思,回味无穷。

7grizzly

2024-02-27 09:22:26

The missing detail: what did he pray for?

CBA7

2024-02-27 09:46:07

Good question. Here just means the general belief in Buddha,

CBA7

2024-02-27 09:46:45

nothing specific.

小鱼无双

2024-02-27 09:54:05

what did he pray for is the most interesting one。。。

小鱼无双

2024-02-27 09:54:37

punch lines

CBA7

2024-02-27 09:52:17

我即兴写了三句,不是Haiku的格式,觉得有异曲同工的味道,分享给大家,详见里面:

CBA7

2024-02-27 09:57:22

ChatGPT 的诗歌分析,供大家参考,详见里面:

最西边的岛上

2024-02-27 10:28:52

Me too, but only when they bit me. 蚊不犯我,我不犯蚊;蚊若犯我,我必犯蚊。 ;-)

CBA7

2024-02-27 10:33:26

哈哈哈,言之有理。蚊若犯我,我仍不犯蚊,就达到Buddha的境界了 :)

最西边的岛上

2024-02-27 11:17:05

like "Turning the other cheek"? Thx but No. hahaha

CBA7

2024-02-27 11:33:05

Hahaha, your choice, your freedom :)

移花接木

2024-02-27 11:01:21

I wrote many Haiku earlier, but now, I'd forgotten'em all.

CBA7

2024-02-27 11:37:18

哈哈哈!谢谢分享。

妖妖灵

2024-02-27 11:13:21

灭蚊是消灭坏虫,no problem:)

CBA7

2024-02-27 11:40:18

在大自然里,好坏都是人定的。说不定,在蚊子看来,人是最坏的,哈哈哈!

妖妖灵

2024-02-27 20:44:04

非常谢谢小西每次精心准备的诗歌题材,受益匪浅!

CBA7

2024-02-27 21:09:54

You're welcome! 一起玩,一起学 :)

godog

2024-02-27 12:05:11

谢谢分享。知道日本俳句,但从没写过,今天来学写两首

CBA7

2024-02-27 12:43:12

我很喜欢日本俳句,短小精悍,但是不太了解其规则,也从来没有写过。期待Go兄的作品。