English Original
chest hollowed
voice a broken reed
my heart a bird
shot to the ground
by your anger
Gusts, 16, 2012
Sonja Arntzen
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
胸膛凹陷
聲音像是折斷的蘆葦
我的心彷彿一隻鳥
被你的憤怒
槍擊倒在地上
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
胸膛凹陷
声音像是折断的芦苇
我的心仿佛一只鸟
被你的愤怒
枪击倒在地上
Bio Sketch
Sonja Arntzen translates works of classical Japanese literature. Her most recent translation is The Sarashina Diary:Reader’s Edition (2018). Since 2005, she has been publishing her own English tanka and haiku in journals such as Gusts, Eucalypt, Kokako and Red Lights.
