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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.
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【誤字熟語/Typo Tropes~Definition of word】レプ離婚(れぷりこん）“Repli-Gone” JP & EN Version

【誤字熟語/Typo Tropes~Definition of word】レプ離婚(れぷりこん）“Repli-Gone” JP & EN Version

 日本語の慣用句を言葉遊びのように言い換えて、俳句（川柳）で世相を描こうとする詩的試みです。英訳とともにお楽しみください。


This is a poetic attempt to depict the state of the world with its haiku (senryu), by paraphrasing Japanese idioms like wordplay. Please enjoy it together with the English translation.


【レプ離婚】

　「rep（レプ）」、つまり、「複製」「複写」「繰り返し」をする・させる・させられることに対して三行半を突きつけるだけでなく、「離婚」などというネガティブなレッテルに尻込みするでなく、堂々と「ボッチ」を誇り、とかく同調圧力－－その多くが事の真偽・正邪より、体面・利害に重きを置く危険で稚拙な精神性－－に蝕まれがちなテレビ大好きっ子たち－－その多くが、戦後の高度経済成長を支えてきた従順・勤勉なクレージー・キャッツ世代－－の、哀れなほど「長い物には巻かれろ」魂の蒙を啓く、実に救世主的なソーシャルかつパーソナルな距離感との契り。


添いトゲの

床にお別れ

レプ離婚


“Repli-Gone” 

　　We not only serve a final notice of divorce to “Rep”—referring to “replication,” “duplication,” and “repetition,” whether doing, having someone do, or being made to do—but also embrace the label of “divorce” without fear, proudly upholding solitude as something to be celebrated, standing against the kind of social pressure that, more often than not, is driven by a dangerous and immature mindset that prioritizes appearances and self-interest over truth or morality, the same pressure that tends to affect TV-loving individuals, particularly those from the Crazy Cats generation, who obediently and diligently supported Japan’s postwar economic growth but now tragically embody a pitiful mentality of “follow the leader, no matter what,” and what we seek is to awaken them by choosing to make a truly messianic sense of social and personal distance our companion. 


Farewell to the bed 

Of spikes we once shared in pain. 

Repli-Gone, vax free.


【Note】

The term "Repli-Gone," used in the essay and haiku, is a play on words, combining "Rep"—short for replication, duplication, or repetition—with the concept of "divorce" (離婚, りこん in Japanese). This expresses a symbolic break from cycles of repetition, both in personal and social contexts. The haiku's closing line, "Repli-gone, vax free," further emphasizes this separation in a satirical way.






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