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【文明の危機〜タゴールの放つ警鐘は今なお、、、】”Crisis in Civilization” — Tagore’s Warning Still Rings Out

  昨日（6月16日付）の新聞に、アメリカ（トランプ大統領）とイランとの停戦合意の文字が躍っていた。同じ面に、サッカー日本代表がオランダと2−２のドローで初戦を終え、日経平均株価が七万円に迫る最高値を更新した、とあった。 　インドの詩聖タゴールは死の直前にエッセーを残している。その名も『文明の危機』。 "Crisis in Civilization"(English)       遅まきながら拝読し、いささか驚いた。日本の軍国主義を批判した彼が「日出（いず）る国」に期待を寄せていたようなのだ。長いエッセーなので、エッセンスを抽出するように再構成を試みた。彼の詩集『ギタンジャリ』にならって散文形式にまとめた。東洋人の目から見る西洋文明の危機ーー８０年を経た現在もそれは変わっていない気がする。 　In yesterday’s newspaper, dated June 16, the words “ceasefire agreement between the United States — President Trump — and Iran” leapt from the page. On the same page, I also saw that Japan’s national football team had opened its campaign with a 2–2 draw against the Netherlands, and that the Nikkei average had reached a new record high, closing in on 70,000. 　Shortly before his death, India’s poet-sage Rabindranath Tagore left behind an essay. Its title was "Crisis in Civilization." Belatedly, I read it — and found myself somewhat surprised. Tagore, who had criticized Japan’s militarism, nevertheless seems to have plac...
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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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