English Original
yet again
I unfold an old letter ...
what it takes
to accept the woman
I am now
Praniti Gulyani
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
然而再次
我展開一封舊信 ...
需要多少時間和精力
去接受我是
眼前的這位女人
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
然而再次
我展开一封旧信 ...
需要多少时间和精力
去接受我是
眼前的这位女人
Bio Sketch
An avid practitioner of the Japanese short forms of poetry, Praniti Gulyani aspires to become a full time writer when she grows up. She has published a print collection of haiku, and an ebook of haibun, both of which have been reviewed by world renowned haiku poets.
Praniti's tanka effectively builds, poetic phrase (ku)/line by poetic phrase (ku)/line to an unexpected yet thematically significant and emotionally powerful ending that reveals the theme of identification, Ls 4&5 (in relation to the relationship with one's significant other manifested in the form of an old letter, in L2).
ReplyDeleteAnd Ls 1&3 add emotional weight and psychological depth to the tanka.