Translation #31.

(edit)

by #8. Zoltan Barczikay

Text:
Sabi is the color of haiku.
It is different from tranquility.
For example, if an old man dresses up in armour and helmet
and goes to the battlefield,
or in colorful brocade kimono, attending (his lord)
at a banquet, [sabi] is like this old figure.

Original text:

#30.
(edit)Sabi is the color of a poem さびは句の色なり sabi wa ku no iro nari by #30 Matsuo Bashô.

References.

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