Translations1. Kanshin Reigetsu嘉辰令月 歡無極 萬歲千秋樂 未央Propitious timeJoy without endTen thousand years, thousand autumns:Bliss not even half consumed.2. Toku wa kore德是北辰椿葉之影再改尊猶南面松花之色十廻Virtue is like the constant Northern StarThe Camellia leaves sprout againDignity turnto the SouthThe pine bloom achieves then changes. 3. Tōgan東岸西岸之柳遲遠不同南枝北枝之梅開落已異The willow on the Eastern shore comes earlyThe willow on the Western shore is lateWhen the Southern plum blossom fallsThe Northern plum blossoms opens. 4. Ike池冷水无三伏夏 松高风有一声秋The water in the cool pondRelieves the heat of summer, The wind in the high pine treeRaises the voice of autumn.5. Akatsuki曉入梁王之苑 雪滿群山 夜登廋公之樓 月明千里Dawn enters the garden of the king of LiangAnd snow fills the chain of mountains,Night climbs the tower of prince YüAnd the moon lights a distance of thousand li.6. Kōyō紅葉又紅葉 連峯之嵐淺深 蘆花又蘆花 斜岸之雪遠近Red leaves and more red leaves:Mist on a row of hills, now thin, now deep;Rush flowers and more rush flowers:Snow on the slanting shore, now far, now near.7. Haru Sugi春過夏闌 遠司徒之家雪応路達 旦南暮北 鄭大尉之溪風被人知Spring has passed into the height of summer:The road to Minister Yüan's house is free from snow.In the morning from the south, in the evening from the North:So does the wind in Chancellor Cheng's valley become known to man. 8. Jisei二星適逢 未敍別緒依々之恨 五夜將明 頻驚凉風颯之聲Two star in blissful unionDo not complain of their long separation -At daybreak, when the morning wind whispers, They shudder in sudden fright. 9. Shimpō no Sake新豐酒色 清冷鸚鵡盃之中 長樂歌聲 幽咽鳳凰管之裏The color of Hsin-feng wineAdds light to the parrot cup;The tone of the Chang-lo songsAdds melancholy to the phoenix Shō.10. Shōkon倚松根而摩腰 千年之翠滿手 折梅花而插頭 二月之雪落衣When I stoop and uproot the pine tree, My hands are filled with the green of a thousand years;When I break the plum blossom and stick it in my hair,My gown is sprinkled with spring snow. 11. Kyūka九夏三伏之暑月竹含錯午之風玄冬素雪之寒朝松彰君子之德In nine times ten days, three months of heat:The bamboo hides the cool wind from the South;In gloomy winter, snow and cold mornings, The pine tree reveals the virtue of the sage. 12. Issei一聲鳳管 秋驚秦嶺之雲 數拍霓裳 曉送緱山之月The single voice of the phoenix ShōFrightens the autumn clouds from the mountains;The many beats of the dance musicSend the morning moon from moon from mount Kou. 13. Taizan泰山不讓土壤 故能成其高 河海不厭細流 故能成其深The Tai-shan refuses not a crumb of Earth:Therefore he stands so high.River and sea spurn not the smallest brook:Therefore they flow so deep. 14. Hana花明上苑 輕軒馳九陌之塵 猿叫空山 斜月瑩千巖之路Flowers flow in the Imperial gardens, Swift cars raise a ninefold dust;Monkeys shriek in the sky-high mountains,The slanting moon polishes the road of the thousand rocks. Translation - Eta Harich-SchneiderProgram Note:These fourteen songs are dedicated to the suicide awareness foundations. It has been something that has not only affected my life but lives of almostevery living person. These short poems render vivid imagery of our world and how truly beautifulit is.