T-shirt translation

[Frost]

I recently bought myself a t-shirt with the logo from japanese band Gallhammer. On the back of this shirt there is some caligraphy that I would like to have translated.

Below is a pic of the shirt.


Thanks in advance.
/Frost

[SHAD0W]

ahh i love these kind of requests, always provide interesting results!

*waits*

[Frost]

Originally Posted by SHAD0W

always provide interesting results!

In what way?

[SHAD0W]

Its often gibberish or completely random.

[Nagoyankee]

I swear this will be my last time doing a T-shirt or tattoo on JF or anywhere else. I studied my butt off (literally!) to learn a few foreign languages including English. You guys can do the same to learn Japanese.

And SHADOW, this time it ain't gibberish, which is so rare. I even kinda like it.

"Over the Black River
They bloom out of season
In the silence indifferent to worldly affairs
They linger"

Note: What the "they" means isn't mentioned in the poem.

[Frost]

Thanks alot Nago.

Im thankfull that it doesnt say "I love shrimp juice" or something like that on my back. :]

[jesselt]

Originally Posted by Nagoyankee

I swear this will be my last time doing a T-shirt or tattoo on JF or anywhere else. I studied my butt off (literally!) to learn a few foreign languages including English. You guys can do the same to learn Japanese.

And SHADOW, this time it ain't gibberish, which is so rare. I even kinda like it.

"Over the Black River
They bloom out of season
In the silence indifferent to worldly affairs
They linger"

Note: What the "they" means isn't mentioned in the poem.

Calligraphy is so advanced though ;'(

[chryuop]

Originally Posted by Nagoyankee

I swear this will be my last time doing a T-shirt or tattoo on JF or anywhere else. I studied my butt off (literally!) to learn a few foreign languages including English. You guys can do the same to learn Japanese.

And SHADOW, this time it ain't gibberish, which is so rare. I even kinda like it.

"Over the Black River
They bloom out of season
In the silence indifferent to worldly affairs
They linger"

Note: What the "they" means isn't mentioned in the poem.

No offenses Nagoyankeeさん, but written like that I think only native Japanese could have understood. Even now that you translated I have problems in finding words like balck or river or season...It is like reading notes written by a doctor...sometimes not even native speakers can read them (for sure I couldn't read my doctor's hand writing back when I still lived in Italy).

[KyleGoetz]

That's a damn hard thing to read. There is a character in there that isn't even in Japanese anymore: ゑ. I'm not even sure how to type it on my Mac (had to copipe from Wikipedia). It's "we" in Windows, though. I honestly can only make this out:

？ゑの川に
？い咲き
？？静に
佇む.

[MaybeTomorrow]

I wonder what the first letter is... Geez!!

？黒の川に
狂い咲き
孤高の静寂に
佇む

Well, it means black river anyways without first one