MALAYSIAN TANKA ECHOES 116: BLOOM AND FADE

MALAYSIAN TANKA ECHOES 116: BLOOM AND FADE

full bloom elegance

ugly with slow withering

vanity wilted

holding on to blemishes

fall fast to enrich nature

Note:

I was watering my plant in our small garden pots. Few days ago, the flowers were in full bloom with elegance and beauty. Now the petals start to wither, very slowly and ugly, instead of dropping and falling fast.

Now we are old and unfit. News of covid-19 infected figures and mortality rate alarm many, especially the seniors. Once admitted to ICU, it is almost as good as dead. The dying process is more awful than death itself.  Of course, there are also many flowering plants that bloom and fade in grandeur. Nature is always there to show us the diversity of lives.

The first picture, Hibiscus in full bloom once, is Malaysian national flower. The last two pictures are from my front porch garden.

MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU: POEM TRANSLATION

MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU: POEM TRANSLATION

 

MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU :Echoes 42

 

biang, bang on bench

麵，敲在板凳

scholars like to complicate

学者們喜复杂化

food feeds, not the word

粮飼，非字詞

 

MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU: ECHOES 41

 

grace in gentle hours

雅在温和时

beholder’s joy of beauty

旁者賞美的喜悦

bloom and fade in pairs

花开花落组

 

MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU: ECHOES 40

 

beheaded for cash

断首因金錢

justify by any name

任何辩解為保謢

avant garde culture

先锋派文化

NB

Mdm. Liu Mei Ling, Toronto, has translated “biang” as 麵, the actual word is below:

The Chinese even provide a mnemonic (助记符) to help. This word is not a neologism, as it is accepted in Chinese dictionary. Enjoy.