English Original
a migraine,
a pill,
a sweltering afternoon,
clouds without rain,
days without love
January, A Tanka Diary, 2013
M. Kei
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
偏頭痛，
一粒藥，
一個悶熱的午後，
有雲無雨，
沒有愛的日子
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
偏头痛，
一粒药，
一个闷热的午后，
有云无雨，
没有爱的日子
Bio Sketch
M. Kei is a tall ship sailor and award-winning poet who lives on Maryland’s Eastern shore. He is the editor of Atlas Poetica: A Journal of World Tanka. His most recent collection of poetry is January, A Tanka Diary. He is also the author of the award-winning gay Age of Sail adventure novels, Pirates of the Narrow Seas. He can be followed on Twitter @kujakupoet, or visit AtlasPoetica.org.
The first four lines show the N's daily activities in the forms of illness (L1), medication (L2), and weather impact (L3) and observation (L4), and the last line reveals the N's existential state of life (L5).
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