Amerikali film alimi ve yazar (Rodney William Whitaker) Trevanian'in dogum yildonumu (12 Haziran 1931)
"Bildigin gibi sibumi, siradan, olagan gorunumlerin altinda yatan gizli ustunlukleri anlatir. Soyle dusun. O kadar dogru bir soz ki, cesaretle soylenmesine gerek yok. O kadar dokunakli bir olay ki, guzel olmasina gerek yok. O kadar gercek ki, sahici olmasina gerek yok. Sibumi demek, bilgiden cok anlayis demek. Ifade dolu bir sessizlik demek. Kendini kanitlama geregi duymayan bir alcak gonulluk demek. Sanatta sibumi zarif bir basitligi ifade eder. Buna sabi denir. Felsefedeyse kendini wabi olarak gosterir. Buyuk bir ruhsal rahatliktir ama pasiflik degildir. Bir insanin kisiligindeyse... nasil soylemeli... Hakimiyet pesinde olmayan otorite mi? Onun gibi bir sey."
“As you know, shibumi has to do with great refinement underlying commonplace appearances. It is a statement so correct that it does not have to be bold, so poignant it does not have to be pretty, so true it does not have to be real. Shibumi is understanding, rather than knowledge. Eloquent silence. In demeanor, it is modesty without pudency. In art, where the spirit of shibumi takes the form of sabi, it is elegant simplicity, articulate brevity. In philosophy, where shibumi emerges as wabi, it is spiritual tranquility that is not passive; it is being without the angst of becoming. And in the personality of a man, it is . . . how does one say it? Authority without domination? Something like that.”
"O andan baslayarak Nicholai'in hayattaki en buyuk amaci, sibumi duzeyinde bir insan olmakti. Son derece sakin bir kisilik. Bu alan ona acikti. Kokenleri, egitimi ve ruhsal yapisi nedeniyle diger bircok meslek ve alan ona kapali oldugu halde, bu acikti."
"From that moment, Nicholai’s primary goal in life was to become a man of shibumi; a personality of overwhelming calm. It was a vocation open to him while, for reasons of breeding, education, and temperment, most vocations were closed."
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