Dance my lady, paint the sky...
Dance in the eternal circle of life...
For the impermanence itself is eternal...
Centerless, motionless, yet moving...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Rest
Seeking pleasure, refusing pain,
endlessly run to nowhere but a loop.
Everything seemed obtained can't lasts,
Like snapping of fingers.
Everything seemed obtained can't be grasped,
Like trying to catch wind.
Where in the world you can find a safety place,
If your heart itself is never feel safe?
Why don't rest for a while?
Like a returning farmer from field,
as if everything was never begin at the first place...
endlessly run to nowhere but a loop.
Everything seemed obtained can't lasts,
Like snapping of fingers.
Everything seemed obtained can't be grasped,
Like trying to catch wind.
Where in the world you can find a safety place,
If your heart itself is never feel safe?
Why don't rest for a while?
Like a returning farmer from field,
as if everything was never begin at the first place...
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Poem
Monday, May 30, 2011
Frederica Bernkastel's Poem Collection
Onikakushi-hen
Please do not deplore yourself.
Even if the world does not forgive, I will forgive you.
Please do not deplore yourself.
Even if you do not forgive the world, I will forgive you.
So please tell me.
What will it take for you, to forgive me?
-Frederica Bernkastel
Onikakushi-hen ~from the postcard in GanGan Powered Spring 2005 issue~
Do you know what is the sin?
It isn't because you ate the forbidden fruit.
Do you know what is the sin?
It isn't because you listened to the serpent.
You still don't know what is the sin?
Then, that itself is your sin.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Watanagashi-hen
I cannot quench your thirst
Because even if you yearn for the truth, you refuse to believe in it.
I cannot quench your thirst
Because no such truth exists that you are in anticipation for.
But I still want to quench your thirst.
Because I am the one the that put you into the desert.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Watanagashi-hen ~from the postcard in GanGan WING June 2005 issue~
The most intricate thing to find in this world.
Is it a needle that you lost in the desert?
The most intricate thing to find in this world.
Is it a crow's feather that you lost in the darkness of the night?
The most intricate thing to find in this world is,
Realizing your own erroneous contemplation.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Tatarigoroshi-hen
The frog in the well was happy.
It wasn't interested what was outside the well.
The frog in the well was happy.
It was recluse to anything that happened outside the well.
And you were happy.
Because you didn't know what occurred outside the well.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Tatarigoroshi-hen ~from the postcard in G-fantasy June 2005 issue~
I was the most unfortunate.
I knew that there was no exit out of this maze.
Then, he was the next unfortunate.
He did not know that there was no exit out of this maze.
But all the rest weren't so unfortunate.
They didn't know that they were in the maze in the first place.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Himatsubishi-hen
So who is the culprit, you ask?
Finding that out is part of the story, right?
So who is the culprit, you ask?
Do you even know what is the culprit in the first place?
So who is the culprit?
Who is the culprit that's gonna kill me?!
-Frederica Bernkastel
Himatsubushi-hen ~from the shitajiki in GanGan March 2006 issue~
What is it that I seek?
Perhaps it is a knight from a far away land.
What is it that I seek?
Perhaps it is a shore that will save me from this eternal swamp.
There is only one thing that I seek.
What I would obtain will either be the kishi (shore), or shiki (my death).
-Frederica Bernkastel
Meakashi-hen
The little girl cried when she lost her marbles in the desert.
She searched the desert for one hundred years.
The little girl cried when she thought she might've lost them in the sea rather than the desert.
She searched the depths of the sea for one hundred years.
The little girl cried when she thought she might've lost them in the mountains than the sea.
How long will it take till she begins to doubt whether or not she actually lost them to begin with?
-Frederica Bernkastel
Tsumihoroboshi-hen
At the first time, I do my best to try again
against the inevitable tragedy.
In the second time, I become disgusted
towards the inevitable tragedy.
The third time, disgust is overwhelmed into painfulness.
But by the seventh time, this all becomes a farce comedy.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Tsumihoroboshi-hen ~hat was listed on the production diary @ 07th Expansion~
She wasn't discouraged nor did she cry at her fate.
She was beautiful.
She didn't fawn anyone and fought them all by herself.
She was noble.
She shined brightly, like a divine figure.
I needed someone like her.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Minagoroshi-hen ~Prologue~
I wanted to know the world that was outside of the well.
So I tried hard to get out from the bottom of the well.
I wanted to know the world that was outside of the well.
So I climbed up numerous of times despite falling down over and over again.
But then I realized it.
The higher and higher I climb, the pain increases when I fall down again.
When my interest in the world outside of the well began to equal the amount of pain,
That was when I finally realized the meaning of the story to Der Froschkönig.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Minagoroshi-hen ~After Watanagashi~
Please tell me what happened in this night.
It's like the cat inside the box.
Please tell me what happened in this night.
You don't know if the cat in the box is dead or alive.
Please tell me what happened in this night.
The cat in the box was dead.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Minagoroshi-hen ~Ending Credit Roll~
What kind of world lies outside of the well?
Is it something that is worth struggling for?
What kind of world lies outside of the well?
Is it something so attractive enough to fall and try over and over again?
What kind of world lies outside of the well?
Let's enjoy taking the pains of finding that out.
If I reach the world that yearn for, it must be a spectacular world.
Even if that world was another pit inside a well.
The key to the new world is the resolve to get out of the well.
Being able to get out or not,
A new world awaits...
-Frederica Bernkastel
Matsuribayashi-hen ~Prologue & Ending Credit Roll Part A~
Everyone has a right to pursue a happy life.
The difficult part is to be given that right.
Everyone has a right to pursue a happy life.
The difficult part is to fulfill that right.
I too have a right to pursue a happy life.
The difficult part is to work out a compromise for that right.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Matsuribayashi-hen ~Ending Credit Roll Part B~
That's because
I'm gonna become much much more happy from now on.
I'm not gonna compromise with just this.
We are gonna take back all of our happiness that we lost.
For me, that's about a hundred year's worth.
For you, a thousand year's worth.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Please do not deplore yourself.
Even if the world does not forgive, I will forgive you.
Please do not deplore yourself.
Even if you do not forgive the world, I will forgive you.
So please tell me.
What will it take for you, to forgive me?
-Frederica Bernkastel
Onikakushi-hen ~from the postcard in GanGan Powered Spring 2005 issue~
Do you know what is the sin?
It isn't because you ate the forbidden fruit.
Do you know what is the sin?
It isn't because you listened to the serpent.
You still don't know what is the sin?
Then, that itself is your sin.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Watanagashi-hen
I cannot quench your thirst
Because even if you yearn for the truth, you refuse to believe in it.
I cannot quench your thirst
Because no such truth exists that you are in anticipation for.
But I still want to quench your thirst.
Because I am the one the that put you into the desert.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Watanagashi-hen ~from the postcard in GanGan WING June 2005 issue~
The most intricate thing to find in this world.
Is it a needle that you lost in the desert?
The most intricate thing to find in this world.
Is it a crow's feather that you lost in the darkness of the night?
The most intricate thing to find in this world is,
Realizing your own erroneous contemplation.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Tatarigoroshi-hen
The frog in the well was happy.
It wasn't interested what was outside the well.
The frog in the well was happy.
It was recluse to anything that happened outside the well.
And you were happy.
Because you didn't know what occurred outside the well.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Tatarigoroshi-hen ~from the postcard in G-fantasy June 2005 issue~
I was the most unfortunate.
I knew that there was no exit out of this maze.
Then, he was the next unfortunate.
He did not know that there was no exit out of this maze.
But all the rest weren't so unfortunate.
They didn't know that they were in the maze in the first place.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Himatsubishi-hen
So who is the culprit, you ask?
Finding that out is part of the story, right?
So who is the culprit, you ask?
Do you even know what is the culprit in the first place?
So who is the culprit?
Who is the culprit that's gonna kill me?!
-Frederica Bernkastel
Himatsubushi-hen ~from the shitajiki in GanGan March 2006 issue~
What is it that I seek?
Perhaps it is a knight from a far away land.
What is it that I seek?
Perhaps it is a shore that will save me from this eternal swamp.
There is only one thing that I seek.
What I would obtain will either be the kishi (shore), or shiki (my death).
-Frederica Bernkastel
Meakashi-hen
The little girl cried when she lost her marbles in the desert.
She searched the desert for one hundred years.
The little girl cried when she thought she might've lost them in the sea rather than the desert.
She searched the depths of the sea for one hundred years.
The little girl cried when she thought she might've lost them in the mountains than the sea.
How long will it take till she begins to doubt whether or not she actually lost them to begin with?
-Frederica Bernkastel
Tsumihoroboshi-hen
At the first time, I do my best to try again
against the inevitable tragedy.
In the second time, I become disgusted
towards the inevitable tragedy.
The third time, disgust is overwhelmed into painfulness.
But by the seventh time, this all becomes a farce comedy.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Tsumihoroboshi-hen ~hat was listed on the production diary @ 07th Expansion~
She wasn't discouraged nor did she cry at her fate.
She was beautiful.
She didn't fawn anyone and fought them all by herself.
She was noble.
She shined brightly, like a divine figure.
I needed someone like her.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Minagoroshi-hen ~Prologue~
I wanted to know the world that was outside of the well.
So I tried hard to get out from the bottom of the well.
I wanted to know the world that was outside of the well.
So I climbed up numerous of times despite falling down over and over again.
But then I realized it.
The higher and higher I climb, the pain increases when I fall down again.
When my interest in the world outside of the well began to equal the amount of pain,
That was when I finally realized the meaning of the story to Der Froschkönig.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Minagoroshi-hen ~After Watanagashi~
Please tell me what happened in this night.
It's like the cat inside the box.
Please tell me what happened in this night.
You don't know if the cat in the box is dead or alive.
Please tell me what happened in this night.
The cat in the box was dead.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Minagoroshi-hen ~Ending Credit Roll~
What kind of world lies outside of the well?
Is it something that is worth struggling for?
What kind of world lies outside of the well?
Is it something so attractive enough to fall and try over and over again?
What kind of world lies outside of the well?
Let's enjoy taking the pains of finding that out.
If I reach the world that yearn for, it must be a spectacular world.
Even if that world was another pit inside a well.
The key to the new world is the resolve to get out of the well.
Being able to get out or not,
A new world awaits...
-Frederica Bernkastel
Matsuribayashi-hen ~Prologue & Ending Credit Roll Part A~
Everyone has a right to pursue a happy life.
The difficult part is to be given that right.
Everyone has a right to pursue a happy life.
The difficult part is to fulfill that right.
I too have a right to pursue a happy life.
The difficult part is to work out a compromise for that right.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Matsuribayashi-hen ~Ending Credit Roll Part B~
That's because
I'm gonna become much much more happy from now on.
I'm not gonna compromise with just this.
We are gonna take back all of our happiness that we lost.
For me, that's about a hundred year's worth.
For you, a thousand year's worth.
-Frederica Bernkastel
Labels:
Poem
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Unfading Hatred
Tears of hatred that never flow,
mass of fire that consume everything.
Let the colors fading away,
leave me nothing but this pain.
mass of fire that consume everything.
Let the colors fading away,
leave me nothing but this pain.
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Stanza
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Boundless Sky
Gazing into the blue sky,
the clouds come and go.
But the sky itself is still...
Looking inside our mind,
thought come and go.
But the mind itself naturally still...
the clouds come and go.
But the sky itself is still...
Looking inside our mind,
thought come and go.
But the mind itself naturally still...
Labels:
Poem
Song of Mana (Translated)
I heard
A nostalgic song
somewhere far away
It stirred deep within my heart,
A young strength
Spoke of the song of life
I am born from you,
And I returned
Embedded in a song, both kind and cruel
My life took a turn
I am born anew
Hurrying, to be close to you
Again and again, I long for you
I am hurrying to be with you
Again and again, I long for you
My longing is no diamond
(Just a small crystal)
A grain of sand in the desert,
One drop in the ocean
But with pride, I come
Seasons come and go
And I follow the same tracks
All I want is to sleep,
Embraced in your song
All I want is to wait,
Curl up in a dream
I am following my longing for you
I was riding on a wind,
Your song ecchoing far
Thrown by waves, I am surging torwards you
Young energy (A nostalgic song)
I'm keeping your smile so close to my heart
And I continue my journey
The time is short, and I must hurry
Thought that I was free,
Free from the past
But many-colored memories
Blooming deep inside of me
Finally, finally I reach you
Hear my truth and behold my dream
My beautiful dream
Seasons come and go
And I follow the same tracks
Thought that I was free,
Free from the past
But many-colored memories
Blooming deep inside of me
Finally, finally
I reach
A nostalgic song
somewhere far away
It stirred deep within my heart,
A young strength
Spoke of the song of life
I am born from you,
And I returned
Embedded in a song, both kind and cruel
My life took a turn
I am born anew
Hurrying, to be close to you
Again and again, I long for you
I am hurrying to be with you
Again and again, I long for you
My longing is no diamond
(Just a small crystal)
A grain of sand in the desert,
One drop in the ocean
But with pride, I come
Seasons come and go
And I follow the same tracks
All I want is to sleep,
Embraced in your song
All I want is to wait,
Curl up in a dream
I am following my longing for you
I was riding on a wind,
Your song ecchoing far
Thrown by waves, I am surging torwards you
Young energy (A nostalgic song)
I'm keeping your smile so close to my heart
And I continue my journey
The time is short, and I must hurry
Thought that I was free,
Free from the past
But many-colored memories
Blooming deep inside of me
Finally, finally I reach you
Hear my truth and behold my dream
My beautiful dream
Seasons come and go
And I follow the same tracks
Thought that I was free,
Free from the past
But many-colored memories
Blooming deep inside of me
Finally, finally
I reach
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Song
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