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基となる瞠り。絕え間無く覺り知られたる覺り知り。

裁かずて、省みにてのみ、永遠の遷り變はりを識る。

星明りの動きに依りて定められし律動的周期の虛ろ。

[Classical transliteration]

Motowi to naru mifari. Taye-ma naku satori-siraretaru satori-siri. Sabakazute, kaferimi nite nomi, tofa no uturi-kafari wo siru. Fosi-akari no ugoki ni yorite sadameraresi ritudoũ-teki siuki no uturo.

[Modern transliteration]

Motoi to naru mihari. Tae-ma naku satori-shiraretaru satori-shiri. Sabakazute, kaerimi nite nomi, towa no utsuri-kawari wo shiru. Hoshi-akari no ugoki ni yorite sadamerareshi ritsudō-teki shūki no utsuro.

the foundational observation, perpetually perceived perception:

without judgement, only by reflection, aware of eternal change;

a void of rhythmic cycles set in place by the starlight motions.

#🫀#.#poetry #voidic3ntity #translation to classical japanese #translator’s notes below #‘observation’ has many an equivalent: 觀察 kansatsu; 監視 kanshi; 觀測 kansoku; &c.#i chose the native japanese word 瞠り／見張り mi-hari #which comes from the verb 瞠る／見張る mi-haru ‘to look out; to stand guard/watch; to open one’s eyes wide; to stare intently’#(literally: ‘to stretch/spread one’s gaze’ or—more poetically—: ‘to stare at sth beyond reach’)#‘perception’ in psychology is called 知覺 chikaku #(one can read those characters in a native way to make the verb 悟り知る／覺り知る satori-shiru ‘to perceive/sense/discern’)#(yes—it is the same 悟り／覺り satori that means ‘enlightenment’)#‘perpetually’ → 絕え間無く tae-ma naku ‘without interval/gap/cessation/discontinuation’#‘without judgement’ → 裁かずて sabakazute (from the verb 裁く sabaku ‘to judge’)#‘reflection’ → 顧み／省み kaeri-mi (from the verb 顧みる／省みる kaeri-miru ‘to look back; to review/reflect/reconsider’)#‘change’ → 遷り變はり／移り變はり utsuri-kawari ‘change/transition (that occurs with the passage of time)’#(sino-japanese equivalents would be 變遷 hensen or 變移 hen’i)#‘be aware’ → 識る shiru (normally ‘tis 知る shiru ‘to know; to be acquainted with’)#(but writing it with the character 識 brings forth the nuance of ‘to comprehend/discern/grasp’)#(it also makes one think of the noun 意識 ishiki ‘consciousness/awareness’)#‘rhythmic’ → 律動的 ritsudōteki: 律動 ritsudō ‘rhythm/pace; regular motion/beat’ + 的 teki (adjectival suffix); a sino-japanese term #‘cycle’ → 周期 shūki ‘cycle/period’; a sino-japanese term

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