ギターで心疼かせ…
ギターで心疼かせ(こころうずかせ)、/私の人生歌う。//彼の歌が私を、/そっと殺してゆく。//彼の言葉が私の人生を、/彼の歌が私をそっと殺す…// – ロリ・リーバーマン (1951 – )、ノーマン・ギンベル (1927 – 2018): 『やさしく歌って』(【歌える訳詞】岡本健(おかもとけん) (1963 – )) (PexelsによるPixabayからの画像) (Google Translateのエンジンを使用した、Sound of Textによるテキスト読み上げ) More »

![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)

![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: A burnt child dreads the fire. [The burnt child fears the fire.] / Once bitten, twice shy. [Once bit, twice shy.] / He that has been bitten by a serpent [snake] fear [is afraid of] a rotten rope. / A scalded cat [dog] fears (even) cold water.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/asian_match_dog_boy_basilisk-rattlesnake_cat-100x75.jpg)



![IMAGE: 7. The Bull Transcended. [Ox Vanished, Herdsman Remaining.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._7_edit312-100x75.jpg)