Yasunari Kawabata · 148 pages
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“A poetess who had died young of cancer had said in one of her poems that for her, on sleepless nights, 'the night offers toads and black dogs and corpses of the drowned.”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“ربما ليس هناك بوذا للعجائز لكى يبتهلوا إليه لكن فتاة عارية جميلة يضمونها بين أذرعهم ذارفين دموعا باردة غارقين فى شهقات قوية منتحبين , فتاة غافلة عن كل شىء ولن تستفيق مطلقاً تمنحهم حريتهم المطلقة فى الندم حريتهم المطلقة فى النحيب دون أن يشعروا بأى ندم أو طعن كبريائهم أفلا يمكن إذا إعتبار الجميلات النائمات من هذه الوجهة إلهات مثل بوذا ونابضات بالحياة فوق ذلك ؟ أليست رائحة فتاة شابة وبشرتها تكفيراً للعجائز التاعسين وتعزية لهم !؟ ص 91”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“كيف تسنى لثدى الأنثى البشرية وحدها من بين جميع الحيوانات أن يتخذ بعد تطور طويل هذا الشكل الرائع أليس الجمال الذى بلغه نهد المرأة المثال الأبهى لتطور الإنسانية . ص 35”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“Οι γέροι έχουν το θάνατο ενώ οι νέοι έχουν τον έρωτα, ο θάνατος έρχεται μια φορά, ενώ ο έρωτας έρχεται και ξαναέρχεται πολλές φορές.”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“Сякаш някакво друго сърце размаха криле в гърдите на стария Егучи.”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“Ο γερο-Εγκούτσι μπορούσε να δει, με τα μάτια της φαντασίας του, την απέραντη σκοτεινή θάλασσα και το χαλάζι να πέφτει και να λιώνει μέσα της. Ένα άγριο πουλί, κάτι σαν μεγάλος αετός πετούσε ξυστά στα κύματα, κρατώντας στο στόμα του κάτι που έσταζε αίμα. Μήπως ήταν ένα μωρό; Δεν μπορεί να ήταν. Ίσως ήταν το φάσμα της ανθρώπινης κακοήθειας.”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“نحن لا نستقبل هنا إلا زبائن لا يجلبون المتاعب ص 51”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“С такива върхове на пръстите жената като че ли прекрачваше обсега на обикновено човешкото. Или може би преследваше самата женственост? Раковина, огряна от багрите в нея, окъпано в роса венчелистче – хрумваха ми най-очевидните сравнения. Но същевременно не се сещах са никаква раковина, за никакво венчелистче, чийто цвят да прилича на тях. Бяха ноктите върху пръстите на момичето, несравними с нищо друго на света. По-бистри и по-прозрачни от най-тънката и фина раковина, и от най-деликатното листенце, те като че ли съдържаха роса на трагедия. Всеки ден и всяка нощ цялата ѝ енергия отиваше да шлифова тази трагична женска красота. Тази красота проникна в моята самота. И вероятно самотата ми покапа по ноктите на момичето и ги превърна в капчици трагедия.”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“لقد مر إيغوشي بطبيعة الحال خلال سنواته السبع والستين بليالٍ مزعجة مع بعض النساء. وكانت خيباته من النوع الذي لم يتمكن من نسيانه. بيد أن هذه الخيبات لم تكن عائدة بالتحديد إلى بشاعة جسدية بل إلى تحول تاعس في حياة هؤلاء النساء ص 20”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“ذاكرة الإنسان وذكرياته لا يمكن وصفها بالقريبة أو البعيدة وفقاً لترتيبها الزمني القديم أو الحديث فحسب. قد تبقى حادثة ترقى إلى الطفولة من ستين عاماً في ذاكرتنا بشكل أفضل مما تبقى واقعة البارحة، وتبعث بالصورة الأكثر صفاءً وحياة ص 32”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“أسرت له زوجة مدير تنتمي إلى طبقة راقية، وهي إمرأة ناضجة ولها سمعة فاضلة، وفوق ذلك لديها علاقات اجتماعية كثيرة:
"في المساء، قبل أن أنام، أغمض عيني وأحاول أن أعد على أصابعي الرجال الذين يروق لي أن يقبلوني. أحصيهم على أصابعي، الأمر مسلٍّ، وعندما لا أصل إلى العدد عشرة، أحس نفسي وحيدة متروكة" ص 32”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“- Долавям миризма.
- Миризма ли? Сигурно е моята. Не виждаш ли смътните очертания на огромната ми сянка, щръкнала там горе в мрака? Погледни по-внимателно. Сигурно моята сянка ме е чакала да се прибера.
- Но миризмата е сладка.
- А-а, магнолията – възкликнах радостно.
Бях щастлив, че не е тежката миризма на застояло на моята самота. Магнолиевата пъпка е подобаващо посрещане за скъпата ми гостенка.”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“إن العجوز جار الموت! ص 113”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“ما كانت تبثه ذراع الفتاة في أجفان العجوز مثل إيغوشي هو تيار الحياة، إيقاع الحياة، دعوة إلى الحياة ورجوعٌ إليها ص 72”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“لا شيء أجمل من الوجه البارد لإمرأة شابة نائمة. أليس هو التعزية الكبرى التي يمكن أن يهبها العالم؟ حتى المرأة الأكثر جمالاً لا تقدر على إخفاء عمرها عندما تكون نائمة. أما الوجه الفتيّ فهو عذبٌ في حالة النوم، حتى ولو لم تكن صاحبته جميلة ص 86”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“بما أن قرف العيش لا يرهقه هذه الليلة ولا الوحدة ولا الشيخوخة، فقد عزّ عليه أن ينام ص 94”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“إذا اتفق ونمت نوماً أبدياً فلن أتذمر ص 96”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“Налегна го топла дряма, някакъв целомъдрен екстаз.”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“Старите мъже нямаха потребност да изпитват срам, да страдат заради наранената си гордост. Те изпитваха потребност да се разкайват и тъгуват на воля. Не можеше ли тогава „спящата красавица“ да е сама по себе си буда? При това от плът и кръв. Младата кожа и аромата ѝ биха били утеха и прошка за печалните старци.”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“العجوز كيغا الذي عرّف إيغوشي على المنزل كان مخطئاً حين إيغوشي وصل إلى الدرجة نفسها التي وصل إليها العجائز كافة، فإيغوشي لم يفقد بعد ما يجعل منه رجلاً، وبالتالي لم يكن مفترضاً أن يتمكن من تفهم أسى العجائز الحقيقي بشكل عميق ولا أفراحهم ولا حسراتهم ولا وحدتهم ص 103”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“يقال أن لا شيء كالروائح جدير بأن يجعلنا نتذكر الماضي ص 104”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“إن ما يقود الرجل إلى "عالم الشياطين" هو جسد المرأة ص 105”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
“Una poetisa muerta de cáncer en su juventud había dicho en uno de sus poemas que para ella, en las noches de insomnio, la noche ofrece sapos, perros negros y cadáveres de ahogados”
― Yasunari Kawabata, quote from House of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
Yasunari Kawabata
Born place: in Osaka, Japan
Born date June 14, 1899
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