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I grandi maestri dell’Haiku – Arakida Moritake e Nishiyama Soin

Posted on 19 September 2017

An orphaned blossom
returning to its bough, somehow?
No, a solitary butterfly.
― Arakida Moritake (1472-1549), loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Un bocciolo orfano
che ritorna al ramo, in qualche modo?
No, una farfalla solitaria.
― Arakida Moritake (1472-1549), loose translation into Italian by Rina Brundu

Life: a solitary butterfly
swaying unsteadily on a slender stalk of grass,
nothing more. But so exquisite!
― Nishiyama Soin (1605-1682), loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Vita: una farfalla solitaria
che muove instabile su un sottile filo d’erba,
nulla più. Ma così squisita!
― Nishiyama Soin (1605-1682), loose translation into Italian by Rina Brundu

Rina Brundu (M.A. in Contemporary Languages and Literature) is a writer, a publisher and an independent researcher. She spent 15 years in multinational companies in a managerial capacity and as a technical consultant, and has dedicated 25 years to field research in the internal areas of Sardinia (Italy). Over the last decade she developed a strong interest in philosophical-scientific studies (with a focus on Quantum Physics), and has written several books dedicated to these areas of research. She also published the opera omnia of Italian linguist and glottologist Massimo Pittau (1921-2019), with whom she grew a long-term friendship. She currently resides in Ireland.