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

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Last Breath Tanka

crime scene tape
flapping in the cold wind --
a dog
howls into the night
as if gasping its last breath

Japanese Translation by Hidenori Hiruta

犯罪現場のテープが
寒風の中ではためいている
犬が
眠れぬ夜のために遠吠えしている
最後の息をのみながら

Akita International Haiku Network, March 30, 2019
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