English Original
little by little
my yoga poses
improving
little by little
I get to know him
Gusts 23, Spring/Summer 2016
Kozue Uzawa
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
一點一點地
我的瑜伽姿勢
改善了
一點一點地
我開始認識他
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
一点一点地
我的瑜伽姿势
改善了
一点一点地
我开始认识他
Bio Sketch
Kozue Uzawa is a retired university professor. She works as editor of the English tanka journal GUSTS. She composes tanka both in Japanese and English. She also translates Japanese tanka into English and co-published Ferris Wheel: 101 Modern and Contemporary Tanka (Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 2006), and Kaleidoscope: Selected Tanka of Shuji Terayama (Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 2008). Ferris Wheel received the 2007 Donald Keene Translation Award for Japanese Literature from Columbia University.
Enhanced by repetition, Ls 1 &4, the implied simile established between Ls 1-3 and Ls 4&5 is emotionally effective, and the relationship of Ls 4&5 is effectively elevated to a spiritually intimate level.
ReplyDeleteFYI: Yoga derives from ancient Indian spiritual practices and an explicitly religious element of Hinduism