Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Hi Folks

I found this poem by Rabindranath Tagore recently. I find it very powerful, and though I should think he wrote it referring to the Bansuri or something like it, I feel it powerfully captures something of the relationship between people and the Shakuhachi. Enjoy.

Little Flute

Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail
vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life.

This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales,
and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.

At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in
joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.

Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine.
Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill.

RABINDRANATH TAGORE (1861 – 1941)