Gabriel Rosenstock & Ron Rosenstock: Illumination

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The soul’s journey

tost …
díreach sula nglaoitear
chun urnaí sinn

silence …
just before
the call to prayer

silenzio …
come prima
del richiamo alla preghiera

Gabriel Rosenstock is the author/translator of over 150 books, including 13 volumes of poetry and a volume of haiku, mostly in Gaelic. Prose work includes fiction, essays in The Irish Times, radio plays and travel writing. He has given readings and performances in Europe, the United States, India, Japan and Australia and is a member of Aosdána (Irish Academy of Arts & Letters). Broken Angels is the fourth in an ongoing series of ekphrastic tanka books published by Cross-Cultural Communications, New York, and available as a free e-book on the EDOCR platform.

Ron Rosenstock, teacher and photographer, has been leading photo tours in different locations throughout the world since 1970. A Massachusetts resident, he has had more than 100 exhibits of his work in the United States and Europe.

Silvia Pio is an Italian poet, translator and promoter of literary events. Her poetry has appeared in magazines, books and online. She co-founded the literary online magazine Margutte.com, which she co-edits, translating mainly poetry and writing articles and reviews.

In this week’s guest post for The Culturium, Silvia, Gabriel and Ron (unrelated) collaborate again on another beautiful and illuminating project, exploring once more the literary and visual profundity of the creative art form that is the haiku, through the stunning synthesis of phoneme and monochrome. Visit Gabriel and Ron’s collaborative website, Rosenstock & Rosenstock, for more information about their art and the opportunity to purchase selected works.

smaoineamh á rianú
go dtí an fhoinse …
Trá an Talaimh Bháin

tracing a thought
to its source …
Silver Strand

seguire un pensiero
a ritroso …
filo d’argento

luisne an tráthnóna
i Ros an Riobaill …
briathra ag éag

evening glow
in Rossanrubble …
words fade away

bagliore serale
a Rossanrubble …
parole sfumano

solas fós
san áit a mbíodh an Búda ar fán …
Gleann Kathmandu

where Buddha roamed
light still lingers …
Kathmandu Valley

dov’era Buddha
è ancora luce …
in Kathmandu

cruthanna éan
ar an trá …
sioluaití sinn go léir

shapes of birds
on the shore …
we are all silhouettes

profili d’uccelli
sulla riva …
non siamo che forme

lá ceobhránach
ag fanacht go nglanfaidh
an aigne

misty day
waiting for the mind
to clear

foschia
aspetta la mente
liberata

cad atá
idir seo
agus an Trá Thall?

what lies
between here
and the Far Shore?

cosa c’è
tra qui
e la Riva?

crann a thit …
chuala crainn eile
an turlabhait

a tree that fell
was heard …
by other trees

un albero cade
lo sentono …
gli altri alberi

Cruach Phádraig …
na hoilithrigh nár rugadh fós
atá ag tnúth led’ bharr

Croagh Patrick …
how many pilgrims yet unborn
long for your summit

Croag Patrick …
pellegrini non nati
ti desiderano

dúiseacht as taibhreamh …
gach ní gach áit
féinsoilsithe

awakening from a dream …
everything everywhere
is self-illumined

si sveglia da un sogno …
tutto e ovunque
s’illumina di sé

grian an tráthnóna
á lorg féin
i measc linnte

evening sun …
looking for itself
among pools

sole serale …
si cerca
tra le acque

léimeann frog
ina íomhá féin …
is imíonn as radharc

a frog leaps
into its own image …
and disappears

rana salta
nella sua immagine…
e sparisce

nach truamhéalach é
tranglam ár gcuid mianta …
adhmad raice

how pathetic
the entanglement of desire …
driftwood

è patetico
il groviglio del desiderio …
relitto

á!
sular cuireadh tús leis …
aistear an anama

ah!
before it began …
the soul’s journey

ah!
prima che iniziasse …
il viaggio dell’anima

Gabriel Rosenstock & Ron Rosenstock: Illumination

The soul’s journey

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