English Original
Hereafter ...
pine cones falling
where i knelt to pray
Between God & the pine, 1997
vincent tripi
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
今後 ...
松果正掉落
在過去我跪下祈禱的地方
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
今后 ...
松果正掉落
在过去我跪下祈祷的地方
Bio Sketch
Founder of The Haiku Circle, vincent tripi was closely associated with the spiritual movement in American Haiku. He wrote haiku for over 35 years, and published 14 books of haiku. Most of his haiku reflect a Buddhist foundation.
L1, "hereafter, from this time onwards," indicates the speaker's resolution to do something while symblocally rich and religiously significant Ls 2&3 hint at the type of thing the speaker is planing to do from now on...
ReplyDeleteThis is a fine middle-of-the-story haiku infused with evocative and symbocally rich imagery.
And the following haiku could be read as a prequel to vincent's:
in pine shade
for a while I forget
this life will end
Moonset, 7, 2010
Robert Epstein