Month: Apr 2025

2021:
o zi banala:
ciresii te ploua in roz,
de n-ai umbrela!

2022:
de n-ai umbrela,
politiei florilor mai
tre’ etilotest?!…

2023:
tre’ etilotest
nivelul incantarii
e imbatator…

2024:
e imbatator:
de petale ciresii,
oras sub asalt…

2025:
oras sub asalt:
un parfum rascolitor
de zambet in roz.

2021:
-mami, pot sa merg
jos pe pamant, sa ma joc?
-da, norisor roz!

2022:
-da, norisor roz;
te ploua peste oameni
cu incantare!…

2023:
cu incantare
imi scriu afirmatia:
“aici vreau sa traiesc!”

2024:
“aici vreau sa traiesc”;
sub ceruri din petale –
mantra zilnica.

2025:
mantra zilnica
sa ti-o scrii cu litere
de nu-ma-uita.

2021:
intr-o parte – vis,
alta, – realitate:
oare unde sunt?

2022:
oare unde sunt?
glicinelor in floare
le sunt petale?…

2023:
le sunt petale –
visuri imprastiate,
doar un orizont.

2024:
doar un orizont,
insa atatea visuri –
cate petale…

2025:
cate petale –
tinerete vesnica:
fotografie.

Kitayama, Kyoto, Japan
📸: @Mamiko

2021:
cerul sopteste
raze de primavara,
dar ciresii ning…

2022:
dar ciresii ning,
pamantul se topeste
de gingasie…

2023:
de gingasie,
privirea mea priveste –
cosmosul in roz.

2024:
cosmosul in roz,
plange cu lacrimi in roz;
de bucurie.

2025:
de bucurie,
ploua cu primavara,
universul roz.

2021:
cires rozaliu,
de ai incalta poante,
ce pas de balet!…

2022:
ce pas de balet! –
dinauntrul Templului,
totul pare Dans!…

2023:
totul pare Dans:
in pasi de tango sacru,
un solipsism…

2024:
un solipsism:
intreaga Japonica –
este si sunt Eu.

2025:
este si sunt Eu:
primavara din citesi,
Zen-ul din temple…

2021:
lumini de lapte:
in necuprinsul celest,
licar de raze…

2022:
licar de raze
ce-si uneste lumina
de a stelelor…

2023:
de a stelelor
culoare ma indoiesc;
si ma intreb: ce…

2024:
si ma intreb: ce
flori infloresc pamantul,
din praf de stele?!…

2025:
din praf de stele,
lut si sentimente-s
zamisluite…

2021:
hm, ce sa port azi?
parca mi-as pune niste
ciresi infloriti…

2022:
ciresi infloriti –
se-ntrupa in petale
marele Buddha…

2023:
marele Buddha,
buchet de flori de ciresi,
nunta in ceruri?!…

2024:
nunta in ceruri,
si in loc de porumbei,
cant de armonii…

2025:
cant de armonii:
sub pleoapele inchise,
mantra senina.

2021:
fiece ponton
creaza drum pasilor
spre zbor, poveste…

2022:
spre zbor, poveste
ce isi deschide aripi
pictate-n azur…

2023:
pictate-n azur,
barcutele lacului –
nori cazuti din cer…

2024:
nori cazuri din cer:
pe ciresii in floare,
parfumuri dalbe.

2025:
parfumuri dalbe:
ninsoare-nfloritoare,
de primavara.

2021:
calatorie:
univers in curcubeu
monocromatic.

2022:
monocromatic.
visul se exprima in
nuante de mov…

2023:
nuante de mov –
roz de cires sarutand
intens nerostiri…

2024:
intens, nerostiri,
volumul tacerii le
zgarie auzul…

2025:
zgarie auzul –
plansetul petalelor
ce stau sa cada?!

2021:
dragul meu fuji,
respiri in flori albastre,
ori, poate-n fluturi?!…

2022:
ori poate-n fluturi
visele deja moarte,
transformandu-se…

2023:
transformandu-se,
podet din bucati de lemn –
ce bolta in cer!…

2024:
ce bolta in cer!
cupola resturnata:
albastrul de flori.

2025:
albastrul de flori
scuturandu-si polenul:
ce poza dulce!

2021:
un acoperis
de lemn, sub acoperis
de nea, si stele…

2022:
de nea si stele
lumina-nlantuita –
in cer, pe pamant…

2023:
in cer, pe pamant:
vad stele-galaxie;
vad stele-troieni…

2024:
vad stele-troieni:
cerul nocturn ningandu-si
imens derdelus.

2025:
imens derdelus:
ce slalom printre stele,
lumina lunii!

2021:
ma impachetez
in nori de culoare,
zburand spre pamant…

2022:
zburand spre pamant,
vechile artificii
devin infloriri…

2023:
devin infloriri,
si nu-mi trebuie aripi:
ma simt petale…

2024:
ma simt petale,
inca nedesprinse din
hora razelor…

2025:
hora razelor:
prinde foc si straluciri,
jucand prin umbre.

2021:
dragul meu fuji –
esti acoperit de nea,
ori de lebede?

2022:
ori de lebede
ninge cerul, in povesti
imbracandu-se?…

2023:
imbracandu-se
in zapada, jucaus
se deghizeaza…

2024:
se deghizeaza
aripi de lebede, in
fuji-zburator…

2025:
fuji-zburator:
prin valurile cetii,
catre unde zbori?

2021:
obloane trase –
clipirea efemera
a ferestrelor…

2022:
a ferestrelor
granita dintre lumini –
insufletire…

2023:
insufletire:
un cer numai cu zambet,
o umbra numai…

2024:
o umbra numai,
si soarele exista!
reintoarcere.

2025:
reintoarcere:
amintirea jocului
copilariei.

Cel mai lung cuvant in japoneza este “maraitul pe care il face un tigru cand este pe cale sa muste o persoana”.

Cand ma apuca disperarea, gasesc cumva astfel de cuvinte/ concepte/ minunatii si ma farmec din nou.

2021:
cand existenta
priveste prin lentile
de flori de cires…

2022:
de flori de cires
privirea nesatula
se lumineaza…

2023:
se lumineaza
departarea, cu o stea
mai apropiata.

2024:
mai apropiata
tine-ti mereu – secunda
de fericire.

2025:
de fericire,
cand parca sufletul sta –
sa explodeze.

2021:
ce ocurenta
banala pentru tine;
eu vad minune!…

2022:
eu vad minune
in apus si rasarit –
soare japonez…

2023:
soare japonez –
arzand maruntaie si
fluturi in stomac…

2024:
fluturi in stomac:
prin jocul de-a Soarele,
pe cerul nipon…

2025:
pe cerul nipon
culori necunoscute
ochilor inchisi.

“imaginatia mi-o ia razna”- ca si cum niste lanturi din jurul tamplelor mele pleznesc, si o avelopa de ganduri si idei o ia la vale in jos, in viteza, pe un deal abrupt.

2021:
picteaza-mi-te-n
ritmurile inimii,
si printre irisi…

2022:
si printre irisi,
sub pleoape, ivesc picturi
in acuarela…

2023:
in acuarela
se scalda – noi – intrebari
existentiale…

2024:
existentiale
fuioare-ale timpului
isi descopera…

2025:
isi descopera
in cerul de petale,
vremelnicia.

2021:
sol de planeta
din alte universuri
inventate-n vis…

2022:
inventate-n vis,
imagini ireale
transmutandu-se…

2023:
transmutandu-se,
realitatea devine
izvor de culori.

2024:
izvor de culori,
rasarind entuziast,
de pretutindeni.

2025:
de pretutindeni –
fie cer, fie pamant,
culori de apus.

Citate pe care le pastrez ca re-amintire, lectie, recapitulare, reminder. Poate mi se va reindrepta privirea inspre ele in momente de cumpana sau de uitare. Sau poate sunt randuri catre care se indreapta chiar acum privirea altora in momente de cumpana sau de uitare.

‘And right now, you’re in your Mars phase, which is from thirty-six to forty-five. It’s when you take ownership of everything you’ve learned and let your true ability shine.’
*******
For example, if you don’t work things out with your parents during your Moon phase – when you’re a child, in other words – that can cause rifts between you during your Sun phase in your late twenties. Or if you don’t focus on your studies when you’re at school in your Mercury phase, then you might end up playing catch-up during your Mars phase.’
*******
‘But what you say does make a lot of sense. The tea starts out as water, but experience transforms it entirely.’

Aminteste-ti sa nu sari peste etape, sau daca le-ai sarit, nu uita sa fi bun cu tine si sa le rezolvi. Eu cu siguranta nu am trait multe, insa sunt in proces de reparatie – sau incerc.

***

‘our world is governed by the mirror principle. Everything you do in life is reflected back on you in time. Hurt someone, and it’ll rebound on you eventually.

Bunatate – catre tine insuti si ceilalti.

***

But what I really needed, if I ever wanted my ticket to that ball, was to live as comfortably and peacefully as I could in the present. Rather than living in the past and the possible future.
‘Understand yourself, and you’ll be able to care for yourself. As long as you do that, you’ll shine like the star that you are.’
‘The star that I am?’
‘Humans are stars in their own right, Mizuki. Every one of them.’
*******
‘The stars don’t decide your future. All they do is help you choose one for yourself.’
*******
But the challenges it sets us aren’t barriers to confront – they’re doors waiting to be opened.’

Mindfulness, traieste in prezent, o infima parte din anxietatile noastre se indeplinesc, ‘’suntem arhitectii propriului viitor”, fiecare dificultate deschide usa catre o lectie, si citatul acela boem cum ca suntem praf de stele. Sau stele daca ne lasam lumina sa staluceasca.

***

The master smiled in agreement. ‘He’s right. The important part is the realization that what you really need is a relaxing home. That will lead naturally to a decision to do everything you can to make it a reality one day. Gaining that truer understanding of yourself – that’s what really matters.’
*******
But ever since her night at that mysterious coffee shop, she’d decided that, however small her place was, she’d make it into somewhere she actually wanted to live.
*******
At home, she decided, everything she set her eyes on should bring her joy.

Recunostinta pentru casutzul meu – oglinda mea, refugiul, hamacul imaginar in care ma regasesc, ma echilibrez si visez.

***

‘I know, I know – quitting my job because of a dream … But I don’t regret it one bit.’
*******
Some people hate the word ambition, but success never lasts long without it. Ambition means being committed to your job. It means being serious about what you do and how you go about achieving it. When Mizuki was at the forefront of our industry, I could always see that ambition in her eyes – a sparkling excitement for everything she did.
*******
It was true – for once, I felt completely satisfied. Bringing out the beauty in others really did make me happy.

Nu uita de visuri. Asuma-ti riscuri. Iubeste-ti profesia, cauta zilnic motive care sa iti aduca sclipiri – la locul de munca, si nu numai.

***

There’s something else you should know about Mercury in retrograde … It’s a time for looking back on the past. Not everything has to move forwards all the time, you know … Retrograde is when you take another look at your life. It’s when you bump into old acquaintances, and get another shot at things that didn’t work out the first time around…

Trecutul este lectie, si, cu trecerea timpului si straturi adunate de intelepciune, o a doua sansa poate simboliza un ceea ce trebuia sa se inample, iar acum este momentul potrivit.

***

‘We all work here at the Full Moon Coffee Shop, you see. And sometimes we become the Full Moon Orchestra, too.’

Ma amuza ca de fiecare data cand il citesc, ma intreb cum ar fi sa iti savurezi seren cafeaua intr-o cafenea, si deodata personalul sa se transforme intr- orchestra, ca intr-un flash mob.

***

‘I mean, look at me,’ he murmured. ‘I’m all in a flap! See, the thing is, it is women I’m into …’ Now it was Akari’s turn to feel her face burning. Outside, someone was playing the piano. The notes drifting through the wind sounded like a blessing.
*******
On the banks of the swiftly flowing Kamo River, the Full Moon Coffee Shop had appeared once again. The gentle sound of the piano filled the air.

Final si inceput de capitol, si imi pare cea mai bucata japo din carte: Akari, intelegand ca este indragostita de Jiro, are dubii privind preferintele acestuia, decide insa sa isi confeseze sentimetele. Apoi raspunsul lui Jiro, si suntul pianului, care se continua in deschiderea capitolului urmator. Si este destul.
Este destul ca sa sugereze, ca dragostea celor doi este binecuvantata de batranul pianist de la cafenea – a carui poveste si descalcirea legaturilor dintre personaje sunt dezvaluite in acest ultim capitol. Cand, dealtfel, si desigur, am plans.

***

‘This is Astral Milk – fresh from the Milky Way,’ said the master, gazing up at the wispy band of light crossing the dark expanse of sky. As the milk splashed into the cup, the amber-coloured tea took on a pearly colour.
*******
In the middle of the otherwise deserted park, the Full Moon Coffee Shop was bathed in moonlight. The café gave off a gentle glow.
*******
[…] two spheres of yellow ice cream and placed them into the glass. They seemed to have been sprinkled with some kind of gold dust, and twinkled in the moonlight like a miniature constellation.
*******
‘Here you are. A Celestial Beer.’ The liquid in the glass was a gradation of different colours, from dark blue and indigo to sky blue and orange. Even more striking were the countless tiny stars that seemed to speckle the beer, including what looked like the Milky Way.

La finalul cartii, autoarea explica faptul ca inspiratia acestui roman i-a venit de la o serie de ilustratii de Chihiro Sakurada, iar mie imi pare ca aceste descrieri surprind atat vizual-perfect in cuvinte universul acelor ilustratii, incat parca as citi desenele insele, si imaginatia mi-o ia razna.

2021:
tainic takase,
opreste-ti trecerea in
clipa eterna…

2022:
clipa eterna:
trairea perpetua
a infloririi…

2023:
a infloririi
preamarire se canta
prin incantare.

2024:
prin incantare
inoata primavara,
valurile-i verzi.

2025:
valurile-i verzi,
hipnotic imi transforma
nuanta ochilor.

2021:
ascunzandu-ma
de iubirea de tine,
ma presimti aici…

2022:
ma presimti aici –
o ramura p
file de basme…

2023:
file de basme,
cerneala in culoarea
efemerului…

2024:
efemerului,
picaturi de ploaie si
petale zburand…

2025:
petale zburand,
prin efemerul cetii –
o amintire.

“Two hours later I was giving my heart a nice round of applause, having arrived in Mojikō […].”
(the convenience store by the sea – sonoko machida)

M-a incantat imaginea de ‘a da inimii o runda de aplauze’; de a constientiza si pretui vocea inimii, si inspiratia de a o asculta, care conduce catre momente de liniste, creativitate si serenitate.

Si mi-a placut alegerea traducatorului de a folosi sintagma ‘a da o runda de aplauze’, cand convenabil si simplu ar fi fost verbul ‘a aplauda’; putea suna ceva gen, “doua ore mai tarziu, imi aplaudam inima”.
Insa, s-ar fi pierdut, cred, ideea de a darui (care este dealtfel un motiv central al cartii), si, poate un reminder de a cauta un echilibru intre a Primi si a Darui: primesc o idee, un sfat, o inspiratie si ofer recunostinta, apreciere, recunoastere, multumiri.

O fraza simpla, aparent fara insemnatate, la inceput de carte; poate citesc mult prea mult printre randuri, insa, intr-o opera aperta – daca sufletul meu vibreaza cu sensurile, mai conteaza?!…

2021:
in nelinistea
existentei, gradina
fanteziilor…

2022:
fanteziilor
in cantec multicolor,
le astern randuri…

2023:
le astern randuri
ideile, plutind lin.
pietricele zen.

2024:
pietricelele zen:
prin Kyoto parca trece
un altfel de Timp…

2025:
un altfel de Timp
se scurge-ntr-un nisip ce –
sparge clepsidra.