Marching J - Jun's Recitation

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七夕風景 ~ Tanabata* Scenery

銀色に澄む天の川を渡って
一年に　ただ一度だけ
二つの星は会うのだ　という

Crossing the clear silver of the Amanogawa (the Milky Way)
  It is said that only once a year
  Two stars meet

残りの三百六十四日
星は孤独に泣いて光るのだろうか
たぶん　そうではないだろう

On the remaining three hundred and sixty-four days
  I wonder, do they sparkle as they weep from the loneliness?
  I don't think that is the case

自分が生きることは
相手を生かすこと

For one to live, means that
  The other is given life

相手を生かすことは
相手に生かされること

And by giving the other life, means that
  The other gives you life [in return]

互いに光り合ういのちの意味を
星たちは何億年も考えている

The significance/meaning of both lives, shining together
  The stars have pondered it, over tens of thousands of years

何億年も考え　つぶやいている
ー生きる　生かす　生かされる

Pondering for tens of thousands of years, they whisper
  -- Live, give life, be given life

宮澤章二
Miyazawa Shouji (1919-2005)

*I'm not going to give a long-winded explanation about Tanabata because Wikipedia does it so much better than I ever could:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanabata



GACK, the English on this is SUPER clunky!!  Sorry T_T

But YAY!  All done!  OK, my break is over.  Back to RL  T_T