Tanka 9. When Kannon passes by, the birds sing ✧♡
A series introducing 20 tanka poems I wrote between last year and this year, one by one.
The 9th installment ( ´艸｀)
This poem was completely influenced by an author.
A book I ended up reading for the book club I belong to.
Sosuke Natsukawa's "Hajimari no Ki" (The Tree of Beginnings), a novel I like very, very much.
It was impressive that all the members of the book club said they would want to be treated by a doctor like that ( ´艸｀)
I really liked a certain phrase that appeared in that novel.
“Actually,” the head priest says, stroking my head.
“Gods and Buddhas are everywhere. When the wind blows, it is when Amida-sama is passing by. When a small bird sings, it is when Kannon-sama is calling out to you.There are many such invisible, mysterious things in the world that defy logic. When you can feel such mysteries, you begin to understand how small and powerless human beings are. That is why the Japanese of the past were said to be humble, patient, and beautiful.”
Reading this, I thought it was interesting: So, when the wind blows, it's Amida-sama passing by, and when a small bird sings, it's Kannon-sama calling out to me!
Now, as I quote this sentence, I realize I had mistakenly remembered it as "When a small bird sings, it is when Kannon-sama is passing by."
9. When Kannon passes by, the birds sing; though I cannot see her form, I perceive the sound of her passing.
Ever since I encountered this sentence in the novel, I've thought it's more interesting to perceive nature in that way.
The name Kannon is also mysterious.
Sound is something you listen to, yet Kannon (literally 'perceiving sound') is the one who observes.
In the upper phrase, I wrote 'kannon' in hiragana, and in the lower phrase, I hid the word 'Kannon'.
Maybe I over-created it lol
The wind is Amida-sama.
The chirping of small birds is Kannon-sama.
Whenever a small bird chirped 'chi-chi-chi-chi', I would think of the Kudara Kannon.
Of Kannon-sama walking gracefully above my head.
But, it was a misremembered memory.
The author says it is when Kannon-sama is calling out to you.
Even though a sense of happiness comes just from a bird singing.
The next time a small bird sings,
I will think that Kannon-sama has whispered something to me (⋈◍＞◡＜◍)。✧♡
Last year, I ended up sketching popo-san in a kimono, but since her face was hidden, I asked whose face I should use, and she replied, 'Use this Kannon-sama' ( ´艸｀) As expected of the note Buddhist Image Tracing Club 💖
The original article is here ( ´艸｀)👇
At the time, Ace and I were posting and working hard to improve together!
That's what I fondly remembered today.
The ace of the note Buddhist Image Tracing Club has finally gone to Shanghai ( ＾ω＾)...
Dedicated to popo-san ✧♡
Lately, I've been forgetting that I'm someone who draws ( ´艸｀)