jprussell | Toast! (Reply)

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My toast in Japanese Waka form. Waka doesn't normally rhyme, but then again Japanese doesn't rhyme in general. Still, I enjoy attempting to rhyme in English, so I figured, what the heck, why not give it a try.

I will toast with both your fine ljóðaháttr and my little waka this evening, and of course anyone else's if anyone happens to put one up over the next few days.

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Gods of earth and sky
we give you thanks, low and high.
Gods within, without
life bringers all, this we shout
and raise cups tall: "Kampai!"

Yosei and yokai
we feel your dance, hear your cry.
Spirits all around
together share, cups resound
in joyful prayer: "Kampai!"

New year's urge to try
bold new things fills you and I.
Worthy lines each day
I will compose, if I may
a boast propose: "Kampai!"