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Oct 25 2020

Gabriel Rosenstock & Ron Rosenstock: Illumination

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Ron Rosenstock.
Photograph: © Ron Rosenstock

The soul’s journey

tost …
díreach sula nglaoitear
chun urnaí sinn

silence …
just before
the call to prayer

silenzio …
come prima
del richiamo alla preghiera

Gabriel Rosenstock is the author/translator of over 150 books, including 13 volumes of poetry and a volume of haiku, mostly in Gaelic. Prose work includes fiction, essays in The Irish Times, radio plays and travel writing. He has given readings and performances in Europe, the United States, India, Japan and Australia and is a member of Aosdána (Irish Academy of Arts & Letters). Broken Angels is the fourth in an ongoing series of ekphrastic tanka books published by Cross-Cultural Communications, New York, and available as a free e-book on the EDOCR platform.

Ron Rosenstock, teacher and photographer, has been leading photo tours in different locations throughout the world since 1970. A Massachusetts resident, he has had more than 100 exhibits of his work in the United States and Europe.

Silvia Pio is an Italian poet, translator and promoter of literary events. Her poetry has appeared in magazines, books and online. She co-founded the literary online magazine Margutte.com, which she co-edits, translating mainly poetry and writing articles and reviews.

In this week’s guest post for The Culturium, Silvia, Gabriel and Ron (unrelated) collaborate again on another beautiful and illuminating project, exploring once more the literary and visual profundity of the creative art form that is the haiku, through the stunning synthesis of phoneme and monochrome. Visit Gabriel and Ron’s collaborative website, Rosenstock & Rosenstock, for more information about their art and the opportunity to purchase selected works.

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Ron Rosenstock.
Photograph: © Ron Rosenstock

smaoineamh á rianú
go dtí an fhoinse …
Trá an Talaimh Bháin

tracing a thought
to its source …
Silver Strand

seguire un pensiero
a ritroso …
filo d’argento

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Ron Rosenstock.
Photograph: © Ron Rosenstock

luisne an tráthnóna
i Ros an Riobaill …
briathra ag éag

evening glow
in Rossanrubble …
words fade away

bagliore serale
a Rossanrubble …
parole sfumano

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Ron Rosenstock.
Photograph: © Ron Rosenstock

solas fós
san áit a mbíodh an Búda ar fán …
Gleann Kathmandu

where Buddha roamed
light still lingers …
Kathmandu Valley

dov’era Buddha
è ancora luce …
in Kathmandu

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Ron Rosenstock.
Photograph: © Ron Rosenstock

cruthanna éan
ar an trá …
sioluaití sinn go léir

shapes of birds
on the shore …
we are all silhouettes

profili d’uccelli
sulla riva …
non siamo che forme

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Ron Rosenstock.
Photograph: © Ron Rosenstock

lá ceobhránach
ag fanacht go nglanfaidh
an aigne

misty day
waiting for the mind
to clear

foschia
aspetta la mente
liberata

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Ron Rosenstock.
Photograph: © Ron Rosenstock

cad atá
idir seo
agus an Trá Thall?

what lies
between here
and the Far Shore?

cosa c’è
tra qui
e la Riva?

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Ron Rosenstock.
Photograph: © Ron Rosenstock

crann a thit …
chuala crainn eile
an turlabhait

a tree that fell
was heard …
by other trees

un albero cade
lo sentono …
gli altri alberi

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Ron Rosenstock.
Photograph: © Ron Rosenstock

Cruach Phádraig …
na hoilithrigh nár rugadh fós
atá ag tnúth led’ bharr

Croagh Patrick …
how many pilgrims yet unborn
long for your summit

Croag Patrick …
pellegrini non nati
ti desiderano

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Ron Rosenstock.
Photograph: © Ron Rosenstock

dúiseacht as taibhreamh …
gach ní gach áit
féinsoilsithe

awakening from a dream …
everything everywhere
is self-illumined

si sveglia da un sogno …
tutto e ovunque
s’illumina di sé

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Ron Rosenstock.
Photograph: © Ron Rosenstock

grian an tráthnóna
á lorg féin
i measc linnte

evening sun …
looking for itself
among pools

sole serale …
si cerca
tra le acque

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Ron Rosenstock.
Photograph: © Ron Rosenstock

léimeann frog
ina íomhá féin …
is imíonn as radharc

a frog leaps
into its own image …
and disappears

rana salta
nella sua immagine…
e sparisce

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Ron Rosenstock.
Photograph: © Ron Rosenstock

nach truamhéalach é
tranglam ár gcuid mianta …
adhmad raice

how pathetic
the entanglement of desire …
driftwood

è patetico
il groviglio del desiderio …
relitto

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Ron Rosenstock.
Photograph: © Ron Rosenstock

á!
sular cuireadh tús leis …
aistear an anama

ah!
before it began …
the soul’s journey

ah!
prima che iniziasse …
il viaggio dell’anima

Post Notes

  • RonRosenstock.com
  • Gabriel Rosenstock’s blog
  • Rosenstock & Rosenstock
  • Margutte.com
  • Ron Rosenstock: The Invisible Light
  • Gabriel Rosenstock & Ron Rosenstock: Haiku Enlightenment
  • Gabriel Rosenstock & Debiprasad Mukherjee: Mural World
  • Ansel Adams: The Search for Beauty
  • Gabriel Rosenstock: To Thine Own Self Be True
  • Jerry Katz: Let the Scene See You
  • Laura Emerson: Deep Sea Contemplation
  • Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden & Zen Master Ryokan

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Written by Gabriel Rosenstock · Categorized: Literature, Visual Arts · Tagged: american, gabriel rosenstock, guest post, haiku, irish, photography, poetry, ron rosenstock, silvia pio

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