English Original
mountain stillness --
the loon call
held by the lake
Big Sky, 2006
Hilary Tann
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
山的寂靜 --
湖泊容納潛水鳥
的鳴叫聲
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
山的寂静 --
湖泊容纳潜水鸟
的鸣叫声
Bio Sketch
Hilary Tann was a founding member of the Route 9 Haiku Group known for its biannual anthology of haiku and senryu, Upstate Dim Sum. Her work has appeared in various publications, including 20 issues of Upstate Dim Sum (2001-2010) and Mann Library Archive (December 2008). And she was also an internationally acclaimed composer known for the lyricism and spirituality of her music and for her devotion to students over four decades of teaching at Union College in Schenectady, New York.
A moment of natural beauty is keenly captured in this atmospheric haiku.
ReplyDeleteAnd it might be interesting to do a thematic comparative reading of the following haiku:
mountain lake
the night air fills the loon's call
tinywords, August 27, 2007
Martin Gottlieb Cohen