Poetic-Verses from ATHANASE
Haiku For A Prince (English)
Version One:
A frail woman's voice from behind the paper screen,
her mauve shadow gliding like birds' wings across the surface of a calm lake.
Why hope, my dear Prince,
when tomorrow at dawn, Mutsiko
leaves our house for ever?
Version Two:
From behind the screen
a woman sings a frail song -
wings across the lake -
why hope, my dear prince,
when tomorrow, at first light,
she leaves for ever?
Translated from the French of Athanase Vantchev de Thracy by Norton Hodges
07.10.05.
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Haiku For A Prince (English)
Haiku For A Prince (English)
