古今集

人にあはむ月のなきには思ひおきてむねはしり火に心やけをり

ひとにあわむ
つきのなきにわ
おもひおきて
むねはしりびに
こころやけおり

when we cannot meet
because there is no moonlight,
I wake up — blaze up
with longing — my breast pounding —
sparks fly — my troubled heart chars.



袖ひちてむすひし水のこほれるを春たつけふの風やとくらん

そてひちて
むすひしみつの
こほれるを
はるたつけふの
かせやとくらむ

today long-awaited
day when spring begins will
the breeze melt icebound
waters in which we once dipped
cupped hands drenching summer robes



もゝちとりさえつる春は物ことにあらたまれとも我そふりゆく

ももちとり
さえつるはるは
ものことに
あらたまれとも
われそふりゆく

the spring caroling
of myriad chirping birds
awakens each year
all is rejuvenated
while I alone grow older



やとちかく梅花うへしあちきなくまつ人のかにあやまたれけり

やとちかく
うめのはなうへし
あちきなく
まつひとのかに
あやまたれけり

never again will
I plant a plum tree near my
house for I mistook
the scent for the perfumed robes
of the one for whom I wait



梅花匂ふ春へはくらふ山やみにこゆれとしるくそ有ける

うめのはな
にほふはるへは
くらふやま
やみにこゆれと
しるくそありける

though I cross in the
darkness of night the spring scent
of plum blossoms on
Mount Kurabu vividly
informs us of their presence

@темы: quote, literature, japanese

---

If any of you can show just cause why they may not lawfully be married, speak now; or else for ever hold your peace.

---

#4 lugubrious

Pairing: kyumin
Rating: PG

Mornings have never felt so good.
Yes, indeed, no morning was pleasant enough until today when Sungmin, finally well-rested though still a little bit sleepy, exited the house barely a minute after waking up so that he couldn’t miss watching probably the most exceptional dawn in his entire life.
The countryside greeted him with velvety dew-wet grass and refreshing loam scent floating in the cool air. A soft breeze run through Sungmin’s hair causing a frail smile curve his lips, as brown eyes run over the rare landscape he was to see today.
Before him, the emerald carpet was expanding far towards the horizon where the slightly fogged navy mountains were touching the sky’s cloudy surface making the man feel especially small and insignificant. The sound of blasts howling could be heard from where he had been standing and the every small detail from a yellowed leaf to a tickle caused by a tiny beetle on his right feet made the relaxation recover in his heart.
Eyes still on scenery, Sungmin got down on the grass, resting the elbows on his knees and not minding spoiling the old pajama pants with damp stains or whatever; his only curiosity up to the moment was the eastern side along with its inchoate daybreak.
He waited in a daze, mooting silently with himself over the recent mistakes he had committed, mind somewhere up in the dull clouds. Therefore, when Kyuhyun had arisen in front of him all ghost-like with pale face and soft grey pajamas, Sungmin did not even blink.
“Hey! Don’t waste your once-in-a-lifetime chance to see the sun rising! Wake up,” Kyuhyun giggled while clicking his fingers in front of the elder’s face and then bringing him back to earth with a limp squeeze on the shoulder. Seconds later Sungmin’s dark eyes took on a fixed lugubrious stare set on Kyuhyun’s silhouette and Kyuhyun could not think of nothing better than to giggle again.
“Is that the little existential crisis of yours again? C’mon, can’t you stop thinking about it for, like, a minute?”
Sungmin sighed.
“The apprehension. It’s killing me. I shouldn’t have been predisposed to a scandal,” he exhaled loudly. “Fuck, Kyuhyun, just beat that shit out of me, swoop me, pummel me, leave me no time to think about it,” he pleaded in a colorless voice and Kyuhyun noticed how Sungmin’s hands had been tugging at the grass beside him out of anxiety. “I will never have this duly solved.”
Kyuhyun could only let a caring smile brighten his features as he took his place just near Sungmin.
“Well, you know, I’m in no position to judge but don’t you think you’re being a little too nervous here? Relax,” Kyuhyun leaned in and Sungmin answered a short pungent kiss he was given. “By the way I’ve been thinking of more interesting ways to “beat the shit out” of you rather than fighting, trust me on that.”
Sungmin snickered although came back to being serious once again.
“But-“
“The whole thing was way too controversial. You don’t even have any proper proofs and everyone seems to be happy with you dating a girl. Aren’t you supposed to be happy too?”
“The girl’s not you and that’s the problem.”
There was a tender silence but then Kyuhyun shook his head.
“Listen, I didn’t want to come here in first place but I still got you the night in some kind of nameless hamlet. We’re together for the moment, at the place you dreamt about and if you showed me a little of gratitude I’d be happy for another year even without the possibility to touch you in public again.”
“That’s not like that, I just didn’t want you to get in trouble-“
A red ray of sunlight grazed upon Kyuhyun’s cheek and Sungmin excitedly turned his face to where the morning sun had been rising with its glow lightening the deserted plain.
Sungmin heard the other going “oh” as he probably saw the gleaming red ball too, and snuck a sideways glance to look at the younger’s delighted face. Sungmin didn’t even bother if he let the chance to watch the dawn slip because stamping every detail of Kyuhyun’s painfully perfect face into his mind was much more of interest to him.

Words: existential depression, to arise, to confront, meaninglessness, to predispose, external, to bond, apprehension, limp, exceptional, a once-in-a-lifetime chance, to be in no position to do smth, to dangle, moot, having smth completed, duly, to advance through, to enter upon smth, to graze, controversial, pummel, swoop, lugubrious, commitment, frail, in the first place, dew-wet morning, clarion, loom, pungent, inchoate, to bed

@темы: english, fiction, kyumin

---

Закрытая запись, не предназначенная для публичного просмотра

---

Закрытая запись, не предназначенная для публичного просмотра

---

1

"Удовольствие от языка… Эта мысль преследует меня с детских лет. Невольно напрашивается сравнение с курильщиком опиума, который ищет любых оправданий — этических, медицинских, творческих — для своего пагубного пристрастия. Впрочем, я себя таковым не считаю."

Тайный порок

@темы: quote