Transcripts - Forever Dreaming

Winter Days

The rains of the long journey have torn my hat,
and my coat has crumbled in the daily storms.

Accustomed as I am to extreme
poverty, I feel sorry for myself.

Suddenly remembering that master of mad verse
who travelled long ago in this province, I wrote...

mad verse: in the withering gusts a wanderer -
how much like Chikusai I have become!
- Basho. animation: Yuriy Norshteyn

mad verse: in the withering gusts a wanderer -
how much like Chikusai I have become!

who's that? Sasanqua spraying over a rain hat
- Yasui. animation: Kihachiro Kawamoto

who's that? Sasanqua spraying over a rain hat

making the Master of Early Dawn construct a brewery
- Kakei. animation: Fumio Oi

making the Master of Early Dawn construct a brewery

a red-haired horse shaking dew off its mane
- Jugo. animation: Tatsutoshi Nomura

a red-haired horse shaking dew off its mane

Korean grass the long thin blades colorless
- Tokoku. animation: Shn-ichi Suzuki

Korean grass the long thin blades colorless

in the scattered light harvesting rice plants in the fields
- Shohei. animation: Haru Fukushima

in the scattered light harvesting rice plants in the fields

my grass hut -- where I offer the heron lodging
- Yasui. animation: Takuya Ishida

my grass hut -- where I offer the heron lodging

having to hide while the hair grows back
- Basho. animation: Raoul Servais

having to hide while the hair grows back

"the pain of deception" she thought
squeezing her dry breasts
- Jugo. animation: Noriko Morita

"the pain of deception" she thought
squeezing her dry breasts

by an unfading stupa sobbing with heavy heart
- Kakei. animation: Tatsuo Shimamura

by an unfading stupa sobbing with heavy heart

a silhouette in the early dawn cold lighting a fire
- Basho. animation: Yoichi Kotabe, Reiko Okuyama

a silhouette in the early dawn cold lighting a fire

an empty house the owners disappeared from poverty
- Tokoku. animation: Aleksandr Petrov

an empty house the owners disappeared from poverty

in a rice field the Koman willow dropping its leaves
- Kakei. animation: Maya Yonesho

in a rice field the Koman willow dropping its leaves

a man pulling the boat in the mist - is he lame?
- Yasui. animation: Yoji Kuri

a man pulling the boat in the mist - is he lame?

at dusk gazing sideways at the thin moon
- Tokoku. animation: Uruma Delvi

at dusk gazing sideways at the thin moon

retiring from court to a street of gossipy neighbours
- Jugo. animation: Seiichi Hayashi

retiring from court to a street of gossipy neighbours

asking the Second Nun about the cherry trees
in full bloom at the imperial palace
- Yasui. animation: Azuru Isshiki

asking the Second Nun about the cherry trees
in full bloom at the imperial palace

"butterflies in the thick weeds" she wept blowing her nose
- Basho. animation: Bretislav Pojar

"butterflies in the thick weeds" she wept blowing her nose

a palanquin: behind a bamboo blind faintly a face
- Jugo. animation: Katsushi Boda

a palanquin: behind a bamboo blind faintly a face

"now's the time!" releasing an arrow of resentment
- Kakei. animation: Masahiro Katayama

"now's the time!" releasing an arrow of resentment

a pine in memory of a bandit bends broken by the wind
- Basho. animation: Mark Baker

a pine in memory of a bandit bends broken by the wind

for a while it lasted a stream named for Sogi
- Tokoku. animation: Yuichi Ito

for a while it lasted a stream named for Sogi

doffing a rain hat to soak
deliberately in the northern showers
- Kakei. animation: Keita Kurosaka

doffing a rain hat to soak
deliberately in the northern showers

parting the withered winter grass a single green endive
- Yasui. animation: Reiko Yokosuka

parting the withered winter grass a single green endive

shattered white shards - someone's bones or what?
- Tokoku. animation: Yuko Asano

shattered white shards - someone's bones or what?

squid shells divination in a barbarian country
- Jugo. animation: I.K.I.F.

squid shells divination in a barbarian country

I can't solve sorrow's mystery a cuckoo
- Yasui. animation: Bairong Wang

I can't solve sorrow's mystery a cuckoo

a long night consuming an urn of autumn water
- Basho. animation: Isao Takahata

a long night consuming an urn of autumn water

at the temple lodging of Japan's Li Po-moon gazing
- Jugo. animation: Norio Hikone

at the temple lodging of Japan's Li Po-moon gazing

a lute player sticking rose of Sharon in his hood
- Kakei. animation: Masaaki Mori

a lute player sticking rose of Sharon in his hood

an offering to the traces of a dead ox grass at dusk
- Basho. animation: Taku Furukawa

an offering to the traces of a dead ox grass at dusk

carrying on the head a basket of shad
- Tokoku. animation: Co Hoedeman

carrying on the head a basket of shad

my prayers to an early dawn to be pregnant
- Kakei. animation: Jacques Drouin

my prayers to an early dawn to be pregnant

today going to the eyebrow
ceremony for the younger sister
- Yasui. animation: Fusako Yusaki

today going to the eyebrow
ceremony for the younger sister

for the court bath filtering out
the Shiga flowers with silk gauze
- Tokoku. animation: Koji Yamamura

for the court bath filtering out
the Shiga flowers with silk gauze

the walkway reflecting the shadows of wisteria
- Jugo. animation: Kihachiro Kawamoto