The moon draws an arc
through the lonely dreariness --
of my empty head.
De maan trekt een boog	Der Mond zieht einen
door het eenzame duister --	Bogen durch die Dunkelheit --
van mijn lege hoofd.	in meinem Schädel.

Poem H5231
Amsterdam, 2025-02-08
Moon Viewing Music (Peter Garland) - 2018
Composition for three gongs, part 4 "As I look at the moon / my mind goes roaming / till I live again / the autumn that I / knew long ago" (tanka by Saigyo, 1118-1190, translated by Burton Watson), performed in the Organpark on four gongs by Pepe Garcia on February 8th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK 
Keywords: Goodbye: dying / death, Moon 
Tribute to: Saigyo 
Composer: Garland, Peter 

The world is silent,
at night people are inside --
warm or hankering.
De wereld is stil,	Die Welt ist sehr still,
's nachts is iedereen binnen --	nachts sind alle drinnen, warm --
warm of verlangend.	oder sehnsüchtig.

Poem H5230
Amsterdam, 2025-02-08
Moon Viewing Music (Peter Garland) - 2018
Composition for three gongs, part 3 "Only the moon / high in the sky / as an empty reminder - / but if looking at it, we just remember, / our two hearts may meet" (tanka by Saigyo, 1118-1190, translated by Burton Watson), performed in the Organpark on four gongs by Pepe Garcia on February 8th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK 
Keywords: Desire (wish-dream), Night 
Tribute to: Saigyo 
Composer: Garland, Peter 

It is white around
my cabin in the mountains --
The snow is deep here.
Het is wit rondom	Um meine Hütte
mijn hutje in de bergen --	in den Bergen ist es weiß --
De sneeuw is hier diep.	Der Schnee ist hier tief.

Poem H4331
Amsterdam, 2023-12-02
Theme of the Japanese poet Saigyo - 1190
Saigyo (1118-1190)
Collection: Untwisted
Keywords: Alone: loner / single, Snow 
Tribute to: Saigyo 

The moon shines sorrow
into me, yet I'm looking --
through a haze of tears.
De maan schijnt verdriet	Der Mond scheint Trauer
in mij, toch kijk ik ernaar --	in mich, ich schaue ihn an --
door mijn tranen heen.	durch meine Tränen.

Poem H4326
Amsterdam, 2023-12-01
Poem by Saigyo - 1190
Poem by the monk ("Hoshi") Saigyo (1118-1190): Nageke tote / Tsuki ya wa mono o / Omowasuru / Kakochi gao naru / Waga namida kana
Collection: Moist glow
Keyword: Sadness: suffer 
Tribute to: Saigyo 

I do not know why,
but just out of gratitude --
I am moved to tears.
Ik weet niet waarom,	Ich weiß nicht warum,
maar van dankbaarheid ben ik --	aber nur vor Dankbarkeit --
een en al tranen.	bin ich ganz Tränen.

Poem H3768
Amsterdam, 2023-03-22
Whatever it is (Saigyo) - 1190
Poem by the monk ("Hoshi") Saigyo (1118-1190)
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Keyword: Gratitude 
Tribute to: Saigyo 

Next spring I'll go back
to see the blossoms, search them --
where I've never been.
Ik zal teruggaan	Ich kehre zurück
voor de bloesems, ze zoeken --	für die Blüten, suche sie --
waar ik nog niet was.	wo ich noch nie war.

Poem H3767
Amsterdam, 2023-03-22
On Mount Yoshino (Saigyo) - 1190
Poem "Yoshinoyama" by the monk ("Hoshi") Saigyo (1118-1190) / "I'll forget the trail"(translation by Burton Watson)
Yoshinoyama / kozo no shiori no / michi kaete / mada minu kata no / hana o tazunen
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Keyword: Nature: flowers 
Tribute to: Saigyo