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【12月8日に寄せて その2】中原中也「サーカス」(昭和九年) ー茶色い戦争ありました。。。 [On December 8th—Pearl Harbor Day] Nakahara Chūya’s Circus (1934): “There Was a Brown War…”

  「ゆあーん、ゆよーん」  天才詩人の残した不朽のオノマトペである。しかし、その何とも童話チックな響きとは裏腹に、その詩「サーカス」は、「戦争」というものの本質−−冷酷さ、嘘くささ、滑稽さ等々−−が、小学生でも分かる言葉で綴られている。「サーカス」は、それに踊らされている大衆なのか、当局なのか。。。この詩を収めた詩集『山羊の歌』は昭和九年が発刊年。青空文庫によると、12月10日というから、ほぼ91年前の冬だ。今の世界はどうなのか。暗い気持ちと向き合いつつ動画を作った。 “Yuaaan, yuyooon.” This is the immortal onomatopoeia left to us by a genius poet. For all its fairy-tale charm, the poem Circus in which it appears speaks of the essence of war—its cold cruelty, its falseness, its absurdity—in words that even a child could understand. Is Circus about the masses being made to dance, or about the authorities who pull the strings…? The collection that contains this poem, Goat Songs, was published in 1934. According to Aozora Bunko, the date was December 10th—so it was the winter almost ninety-one years ago. And what about the world now? I made this video while facing that darkness within myself.

Drink

Drink

poem & reading by POETAQ


Drink too much, and you’ll be Royal.

You’ll make speeches like a hero, even though you’re an idiot.

And you’ll push the privileged button.

It’ll destroy your friends and also yourself.—The weapon!


Drink too much, and you’ll be a princess on the throne.

Feeling like a patron of the salon, treat men like pawns.

Then keep an eye on where they go.

Let flatterers be followed, and traitors be killed off.

  

Drink too much, and you’ll be “Godot.”

You won’t even know if you’re coming or not.

You make no difference between fiction and fact.

3D and AI - what a wonderful world.


Drink too much, and you’re a genius.

Good will turn to evil and evil to good.

Angels turn into devils, and devils turn into angels.

In other words, you’ll go up to hell.


Drank too much!


*This piece was read as 【Nuyorican Poets Cafe Online Mic Piece No. 49】at Nuyorican Poets Cafe Monday Night Online Open MIC/Theme: Elixir of mischief(Mar 27'23)



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