{"id":1704,"date":"2015-02-28T23:35:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T04:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2021-09-03T09:22:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T14:22:23","slug":"the-cicada-camaron-and-basho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/02\/28\/the-cicada-camaron-and-basho\/","title":{"rendered":"The cicada: Camaron and Basho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/02\/cicada2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1705\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2015\/02\/28\/the-cicada-camaron-and-basho\/cicada2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/02\/cicada2.jpg?fit=550%2C526&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,526\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cicada2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/02\/cicada2.jpg?fit=300%2C286&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/02\/cicada2.jpg?fit=550%2C526&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1705\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/02\/cicada2.jpg?resize=550%2C526\" alt=\"cicada2\" width=\"550\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/02\/cicada2.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/02\/cicada2.jpg?resize=300%2C286&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2015\/02\/cicada2.jpg?resize=313%2C300&amp;ssl=1 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A cicada shell;<br \/>\nit sang itself<br \/>\nutterly away.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"n3\" style=\"color: #960000\">In the cicada&#8217;s cry<\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"z\" style=\"color: #960000\">There&#8217;s no sign that can foretell<\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"z\" style=\"color: #960000\">How soon it must die.<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>stillness\u2014<br \/>\nsinking into the rocks,<br \/>\ncicadas\u2019 cry<br \/>\n\u2014Barnhill,\u00a0<i>Bash\u014d\u2019s Haiku<\/i>, 94, #392<\/p>\n<p>-Basho<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Camaron<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/26jEjJWeuzU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Translation:<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #373737\">Don\u2019t sing cicada<br \/>\nsilence your chirping,<br \/>\nFor I carry a pain in my soul,<br \/>\nA dagger that strikes me<br \/>\nknowing that when I sing<br \/>\nmy luck expires sighing<br \/>\nUnder the shade of a tree<br \/>\nand the beat of my guitar<br \/>\nThis happy song,<br \/>\nbecause the road has ended<br \/>\nand do not want to die dreaming,<br \/>\noh, like the cicada died.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #373737\">Life, life, life is,<br \/>\nis a setback,<br \/>\nlife is life.<br \/>\nOh life is, life is \u2026<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fE9WpHiG_Bw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #373737\">Original:<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #373737\">Ya no cantes cigarra,<br \/>\napaga tu sonsonete,<br \/>\nque llevo una pena en el alma,<br \/>\nque como un pu\u00f1al se me mete<br \/>\nsabiendo que cuando canto<br \/>\nsuspirando va mi suerte.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #373737\">Bajo la sombra de un \u00e1rbol<br \/>\ny al comp\u00e1s de mi guitarra<br \/>\ncanto alegre este huapango,<br \/>\nporque la v\u00eda se acaba<br \/>\ny no quiero morir so\u00f1ando,<br \/>\nay, como muere la cigarra.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #373737\">\u00c1breme la puerta<br \/>\nque vengo najando,<br \/>\ny los gach\u00e9s, primita de mi alma,<br \/>\ns\u00ed a m\u00ed me ven<br \/>\nme la van buscando.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #373737\">La vida, la vida, la vida es,<br \/>\nes un contratiempo,<br \/>\nla vida, la vida es.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #373737\">Ay la vida es, la vida es\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cicada shell; 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