Hello from Malaysia,
I'm back because of the coronavirus pandemic. I'm in self-quarantine and trying to study Japanese again. I was looking through old poems that I used to discuss in class with my Japanese teacher Mizuki-sensei and came across this one.
It summarises where I'm at mentally and where I want to be in a relationship.
The Japanese is much more beautiful and lyrical than the English especially because I translated it and thus will never be able to do it justice haha.
Enjoy 🌸
これから日本語。
やほー
今マレーシアにいるよ。コロナのパンデミックなんだから。
いま自己検疫をしてるけど、日本語のお勉強を続けてみろうと思った。日本語先生のみずき先生と昔話し合った詩を読んでいたけど、この素敵な詩を見つけた。
私今の恋愛についての気持ちとかがまとめられることができると思うからとても好きだ。
確かに作家さんの日本語の方は私の下手な英語の方より美しいし叙情的だと思うけど、作家さんに謝るね (笑)
じゃ、読んでくださいね！
ふたりで生きるということは
ひとりとひとりが
ひとりで生きているということ
ひとりでいても幸せなら
ふたりでいれば幸せは
二倍になる
ひとりで考え
ひとりで行動できて
ひとりでも生きていける
そんな力を持ったふたりなら
素敵なひとつの幸せを築ける
そんなことを考えている
ひとりで
-小手鞠るい
An attempted translation:
To exist as a couple is actually
for an individual and another individual,
to exist independently, together.
If one can be happy on their own
then if two such people come together
their happiness becomes twofold.
One who is able to think independently,
act independently,
can go on living even on their own.
Two people with that kind of power
can build one great happiness together.
This, I think about
on my own.
- Kodemari Rui
Photo by Nicole Y-C on Unsplash)
