POEM TRANSLATION ECHOES 378
PERPETUAL PRIVILEGE
（永久特权）
nation in chaos
混沌的国家
nonagenarian nags
九旬老人的骚扰
all brethren share loot
兄弟分掠品
blow folk bubble gums
吹民间泡糖
race and power promise more
种族权力承诺多
leeches to plug leak
水蛭堵塞滴
hope is reburied
希望重掩埋
corrupted by resource curse
腐敗资源被诅咒
privilege mind frame
特权的心态
RAMBLE AND BABBLE 13: “ SORRY-AA” DR. M
My kindergarten granddaughter was heard telling her siblings, “Malaysians are funny. They keep saying “sorry-aa” to one another many times. Initially, I thought she was very observant for her age, albeit a little cheeky, in the way she vocalised it. This was not until I read about Dr. M (our PM for donkey years) open apology to the nation for his misdeeds to the nation and people. Annuar’s daughter accepted the senior apology on behalf of his father, who had been imprisoned for crimes only “god knows”. I think the young politician has misunderstood Dr. M’s intention.
Apology does not equate with “I am sorry”. Feeling “sorry”, sore or sad, is not in the doctor’s marrow or blood; it’s pride that can do no wrong; whether it is currency or tin trading, sodomy charges or racial coding. Dr. M’s apology (apo: meaning away; logy: meaning speech) was never an admission of wrong doing, fault or guilt. We have not read the conditional “if”: only if we found it wrong – and it’s you, not him that should feel sored about it. Perhaps he has learned from the Japanese in his “Look East Policies”. The Japanese bowed very low, umpteen times, but would never feel “sorry” about the massacre, or even admit it ever happened. It must be Chinese hallucination to accuse such polite people for the heinous crime committed.
Politics aside, it’s a good tradition to begin a year with a sincere “sorry” from the heart; as a human being. We can’t jump over that hurdle at all, what more to expect.
MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU: ECHOES 160
beat tribal war drums
national election soon
cymbal strike other
POEM TRANSLATION: HAIKU(俳句)157-158 & TANKA(短歌)
HAIKU/SENRYU: ECHOES 157 CHANGE?!
cosseted people
寵愛的人們
change is about hands or laps
改變是掌握或膝
pet lambs on the laps
寵羊在膝上
HAIKU/SENRYU: ECHOES 158: ENTRY AND EXIT （進入和出口）
enter zen garden
走進禅宗園
cannot find way out, exit
找不到出路，退出
entry to dream world
進入夢世界
TANKA: ECHOES 8 – COLOUR TO WEAR （穿颜色）
mirror on the wall
鏡掛墙壁上
wear coloured shirts to feel tall
穿彩色衫感覺高
save the ringgit from fall
保存货币降
colour behind coloured shirts
颜色背後彩色衫
new brands hidden under skirts
裙下藏著新牌子
POEM TRANSLATION:TANKA 4 & CINQUAIN 1
TANKA : ECHOES 4 《 短歌：回聲4 》
blue birds harp same song
蓝鸟琴同曲
assert control of green park
绿園的维护控制
red bulls rampage land
紅牛沖陸地
colour divide spoil landscape
颜色分岐坏風景
hot dogging with sausage roll
夸耀隨与香腸卷
FIRST CINQUAIN: FEAR
五行詩：懼怕
creature
畜生
creepy corner
角落蠕動
crafty, swift and cruel
靈巧快速残酷
surprise assault on stray victim
惊訝途突襲受害人
bloody
血腥
TANKA :ECHOES 4
blue birds harp same song
assert control of green park
red bulls rampage land
colour divide spoil landscape
hot dogging with sausage roll
MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU: ECHOES 108
(1)
Kan commented on Echoes 105 thus:
Cash; organic life
Creeps into nooks and crannies
Fortifies support
(2)
This is my response:
unstable construct
creepers and creatures fear light
reserved burial
MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU: ECHOES 105
heavy bombardment
wonder of money magic
fort strong and secure
MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU: POEM TRANSLATION
MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU: ECHOES 102
(1)
Emu commented in Echoes 101 thus:
Well Interpreted
很好的解释
You Have Deciphered It Well
你解密的十分好
Accolades and Kudos
赞同和獎励
(2)
Kan‘s commented thus:
Poet, thinker, doctor
詩人、思想家、醫生
Stream of consciousness pervades
意識的貫流弥漫
Before expiry
效期届满前
(3)
I shall respond to both thus:
choice pick up en route
選择途中接
flow of sceneries passes
流動的風光传递
enough gas to last
氣足至最後
no word, no concepts
無音，無概念
naming in Eden puzzling
费解伊甸中命名
smart serpent gossip
智能蛇八卦
gossip as god’s sib
八卦灵有联系
interpreters as godlike
翻譯者如同神聖
bow with folded palm
掌弓跟折叠
MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU: ECHOES 103
(1)
Ausieian 2011 commented on Echoes 98 thus:
Insightful Payoff
有見的回报
Gaunt Lamentations
累累的冈特哀歌
Virginity Cheap
便宜的童贞
(2)
This is my response:
art of cronyism
艺術的任親
encultured crocodile tears
增文化的鳄魚泪
free gift in heaven
天堂送大礼
MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU: ECHOES 104
each beat their own drum
music lack heart strings to pluck
dance differs in steps
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