flutter blossom from burst by sevenism

track for this translation

fallen blossom
flutters up to it's branch
no: a butterfly

and a renku based on personal experience

magpie shape
in front of the car:
butterflies playing

this piece reverses and extends a previous track based on the experience:
https://sevenism.bandcamp.com/track/butterflies-in-the-shape-of-a-flying-magpie

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naviarhaiku336 – Thought I, the fallen flowers
Thought I, the fallen flowers
Are returning to their branch;
But lo! they were butterflies.

落花枝にかへると見れば胡蝶哉守武
落花枝にかへると見れば胡ちょかな守武
rakka eda ni / kaeru to mireba / kochō kana (6-7-5)
(translated by William George Aston)

Naviar Records · haiku #336: Thought I,the fallen flowers/Are returning to their branch;/But lo!they were butterflies

A prolific writer of haikai, renga, and Waka, Arakida Moritake was born in 1473 and studied renga under Iio Sōgi. Late in his life, Arakida became head priest of the Inner Ise Shrine. The haiku I selected this week is considered his most famous.

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 17th June 2020

haiku by Arakida Moritake http://moderntokyotimes.com/japanese-poetry-and-shintoism-arakida-moritake-1473-1549/

picture by Wolfgang Hasselmann https://unsplash.com/@wolfgang_hasselmann

Tracklist

1.	flutter blossom	7:59

Credits

from burst, released June 16, 2020

License

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.