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

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Wandering Heart Tanka

all night long
the motel’s vacancy sign
blinking on and off …
her absence leaves a hole
in my wandering heart


Japanese Translation by Hidenori Hiruta

一晩中
モーテルの空き室の表示が
明滅している...
彼女の不在が空洞を残す
私のさ迷っている心の中に

Akita International Haiku Network, March 30, 2019