Chen-ou Liu's Translation Project: First English-Chinese Haiku and Tanka Blog

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Life and Death, A Haiku Set

hospice verandah ...
a girl opens her mouth
to spring rain

(French Translation by Serge Tome:

véranda des spoins palliatifs ...
une jeune fille ouvre sa bouche
à la pluie de printemps

)

her black hair
veils our praying hands ...
hospice church at dusk 

(French Translation by Serge Tome:

ses cheveux noirs
voilent ses mains qui preint ...
église de l'hospice au crépuscule

)

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