English Original
the heavy throb
of a diesel engine
long into night
comforts me in sleep --
the rhythm of your heart
Thelma Mariano
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
漫漫長夜
柴油機引擎
沉重的抽動聲音
安慰在睡夢中的我 --
你心跳的節奏
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
漫漫长夜
柴油机引擎
沉重的抽动声音
安慰在睡梦中的我 --
你心跳的节奏
Bio Sketch
Thelma Mariano is the author of Night Sky: a Selection of Tanka Poetry. She lives in Montreal and has published her tanka in literary journals as well as in various anthologies including Fire Pearls and Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka.
Tonally and emotionally speaking, in light of L4 (about comforting the speaker's in his/her sleep), Ls 1&2, the "heavy throb/of a diesel engine," function more like an implicit simile for L5, the "rhythm of your heart[beat]," taking on the symbolic significance (of the speaker's loved one's healthy heart).
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