English Original
across the darkness
lights on the far shore beam
a welcoming warmth
like the friends and lovers
we will meet by reaching out
Thelma Mariano
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
穿越黑暗
遠岸的燈光發出
熱情的歡迎
像朋友和情人一樣
透過聯絡我們將會見面
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
穿越黑暗
远岸的灯光发出
热情的欢迎
像朋友和情人一样
透过联络我们将会见面
Bio Sketch
Thelma Mariano is the author of Night Sky: a Selection of Tanka Poetry. She lives in Montreal and has published her tanka in literary journals as well as in various anthologies including Fire Pearls and Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka.
The upper part of the tanka is visually and emotionlly alluring and symbolically rich while its lower part works well as a practical "daily bread" bibe quote.
ReplyDeleteAnd it could be read as a sequel to my tanka below:
between us
a surging ocean
and a continent
our shared memories
stretched thin in waiting
Skylark, 5:2, Winter 2017