An angel's birthday 2 days prior to mine
Today is Nakamaru san's birthday
and it is so important
that words of great beauty
come in to match his beautiful heart.
I on behalf of all HY-PHENS of the world
wanted to share moments of our life
pieces of perception in a poem
that we offer as gift.
Yuichi Nakamaru san is a man of strong tradition
and I wanted his birthday poem
to possess
the essence of wholeness
of refined beauty of Japan 's culture and tradition.
Someone said this:
Words,
once they are printed,
have a life of their own.
Well...I certainly hope so.
because Nakamaru san deserves all things that are beautiful and good.
4th September 1983
clapping hands..
we herald dawn...
Yuichi Nakamaru san.
Just like that -
culture's beginnings..
rice planting songs
from the heart of the country.
more lovely than a chorus
of a thousands angels'
sweet serenade.
Autumn air stealing in -
woven silken moon
and strong plum scent..
setting the scene for it...
Sweet-smelling rice fields..
how golden yellow!
From all directions..
winds bring petals of seven flowers of autumn..
speaking out-
a clear waterfall
drop into concentric ripples.
Nakamaru san's voice-
melodious...
an inexplicable power
to calm and soothe...
in magnificient Celestial music
serene
yet penetrates the rock.
Peach blossoms
fragrance remained..
autumn deepens-
coming in ..
bloom in flowers-
mindful of its youth.
Nakamaru san's more noble-
grow more with the years
in unsurpassed elegance
by virtue..
steadfast
by duty.
wash clean the dust of our souls
in the droplets of dew.
Hello 4th September!
Light up the sky-
and all the more
we wish to see
in those blossoms at dawn
the face of an angel.
in a world of one color -
the color of you.
Today confirmed - is a Happy day -
Happy Birthday Yuichi Nakamaru san.
and it is so important
that words of great beauty
come in to match his beautiful heart.
I on behalf of all HY-PHENS of the world
wanted to share moments of our life
pieces of perception in a poem
that we offer as gift.
Yuichi Nakamaru san is a man of strong tradition
and I wanted his birthday poem
to possess
the essence of wholeness
of refined beauty of Japan 's culture and tradition.
Someone said this:
Words,
once they are printed,
have a life of their own.
Well...I certainly hope so.
because Nakamaru san deserves all things that are beautiful and good.
4th September 1983
clapping hands..
we herald dawn...
Yuichi Nakamaru san.
Just like that -
culture's beginnings..
rice planting songs
from the heart of the country.
more lovely than a chorus
of a thousands angels'
sweet serenade.
Autumn air stealing in -
woven silken moon
and strong plum scent..
setting the scene for it...
Sweet-smelling rice fields..
how golden yellow!
From all directions..
winds bring petals of seven flowers of autumn..
speaking out-
a clear waterfall
drop into concentric ripples.
Nakamaru san's voice-
melodious...
an inexplicable power
to calm and soothe...
in magnificient Celestial music
serene
yet penetrates the rock.
Peach blossoms
fragrance remained..
autumn deepens-
coming in ..
bloom in flowers-
mindful of its youth.
Nakamaru san's more noble-
grow more with the years
in unsurpassed elegance
by virtue..
steadfast
by duty.
wash clean the dust of our souls
in the droplets of dew.
Hello 4th September!
Light up the sky-
and all the more
we wish to see
in those blossoms at dawn
the face of an angel.
in a world of one color -
the color of you.
Today confirmed - is a Happy day -
Happy Birthday Yuichi Nakamaru san.