środa, 27 maja 2015



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boundless fog
from the other shore returns
only the carrier

brouillard infini
il revient seul de l'autre rivage
le passeur

bezgraniczna mgła
z drugiego brzegu wraca
tylko przewoźnik

végtelen köd
a túlpartról egyedül tér vissza
a révész


亡き兄の 霞の果てに 消えしまま
(Japanese translation Ms Seki Mokka)


4 komentarze:

  1. Would "ferryman" work in place of "carrier" in the English?

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    1. Hi Bill
      I was thinking about a ferryman and I considered a boatman, too. I decided to use carrier, this word works perfectly in Polish, French and Hungarian. Let my haiku differs from others thanks to this word.
      All the best. Iris

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  2. Explanations clearly make the understood.
    __Nice, Iris!. _m

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    1. Thank you very much, Magyar.
      Should I add that this is the very personal elegy haiku that I wrote after my brother's death.
      Best wishes. Iris

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