POET RIKA INAMI TRANSLATES MY TANKA INTO JAPANESE
TANKA:
R.K. SINGH, India Translation: Rika Inami 稲美 里佳
1
Stars
on the earth
these
glow worms I want to clasp
into
hands and
offer
to God as flowers
of
my first obeisance
地上の星々のほたるを手に 我が初めての敬意の花とし神に捧げむ
2
the
wine of love swells
in
my vessel dark shadows
recede
human dirt
between
sound and silence greets
the
joy and bliss of spirit
我が器の暗き影のなか 愛の葡萄酒が膨らみ 音と静けさが魂の喜びと祝福を迎えるあわいに 人の穢れよ退け
3
love's
spirit descends
and
melds into her body
lending
it new life:
I'm
amazed how the unknown
becomes
one with her beauty
愛の霊は降りきて汝の体とまじりあい そを新しき命に与えむ: かくて 我 未知なるがもの如何にして汝の美と一つにならんとすかに驚かむ
4
a
serpent twists
its
head to face a dragon
on
her shoulder:
their
tails on breasts in water
swirl
to cleanse my kiss on skin
蛇のとぐろよ 汝の肩にあらばその頭を龍に見せ 水中にあらば胸の上に尾を見せ 肌にあらば我が口づけを浄化せんと渦巻く
5
tears
dry up
leaving
no marks where her pain
ends
and mine begins
on
the face makeup damp
with
aching sweat and cold sighs
涙は乾き 汝の痛みがやみ 汗と冷えた吐息で顔をじっとり濡らし 我が痛みが始ま
るところに 何らの跡を残さず
6
I
thought I would make
tea
for her but she was sleeping
I
didn't wake up
our
back faced each other
once
again cold birthday
われは汝（な）のために茶を入れんと思いしが 汝（な）は眠り われ覚めず われらは背合わせとなり 再びの冷めた誕生日
7
smallness
of the small
no
sharing half-chewed betel--
mischievous
whisper
in
bed fuzzy sensation
of
rudy lips that's no love
とるに足らないつまらないこと 檳榔を半分噛み分かち合うこともなし ― 愛の無いみだらな唇でベッドが乱れる感覚のなかでの いたずらな囁き
8
the
tenuity
of
her story like hearing
my
own confession
without
the priest I wonder
if
I knew my true voice
我が真の声か否かを問う司祭もなく 我が告白を聞くかのごとく 汝の語りの薄きかな
9
no
one knows
when
the sun will be clouded
or
when it will rain
in
Ramdhura
women
and weather one
誰一人とし いつ太陽が曇り いつ雨が降るかは知らず ランドーラの女と天気にては
10
a
tidal wave
touches
the shore to wipe
my
naked footprints
and
leaves behind some shells
pebbles
and memories
潮の波は 岸に触れ我が素足の足跡をぬぐい 貝殻と小石と記憶を残し退きゆく
１１
near
the railway track
she
squats with hands on her knees
and
hides her parts
in
half-dark the naked truth
transforms
nature into nude
線路近く 彼女は膝の上に手を置いて うずくまり 裸の真実の半分を隠し 自然をむき出しの裸体に変える
12
half-painting:
palette
and easel
collect
dust
in
the studio
pained
silence of mother
半塗りの パレットとイーゼル ほこりは溜まっている スタジオの中で 母の静けさを描いた
13
dreams
puzzling
smallness
of waking
I
can't live
the
child's circumcision
promise
of happiness
夢は目覚めの卑小さに戸惑い 子の割礼を 幸福の約束を 我為せず
14
turns
off the mood
for
prayer in the park
smelly
underarm
of
a fellow walker
running
to reduce weight
公園の祈りのムードの消滅 … 脇の臭いウォーカー仲間が 減量のために走っている
15
choking
air
in
a walled colony:
two
tired pigeons
perch
on overhead tank
whisper
pity on us
壁で囲まれたコロニーのなかの息詰まるような雰囲気 高架タンクに止まった2羽の疲れた鳩が 我々を憐み囁きかける
16
island
of rubbish
home
to cows, mosquitoes
and
homeless mothers
speak
wordlessly passersby
unzip
to ease and move
ゴミの島 牛と蚊の家 ホームレスの母親たちは無言で行きずりの人に声をかけ 楽に動けるようににチャックを外す
17
the
snail of traffic
near
red light bikes zig-zag
on
broken footpaths
at
Bannerghatta Road
pedestrians
seek safe refuge
蝸牛（かたつむり）のようなのろのろ交通… バナーガッタ道路の壊れた歩道橋で 赤信号の頃 バイクはジグザグに動き 歩行者は安全な避難場所を捜す
18
health
horoscope
planetary
conspiracy:
rectal
bleeding
not
healing for months recur
backache
with dying libido
19
unemptied
the
cup of remorse--
begging
bowl
before
the dumb deity
years
of noisy silence
自責の念のカップは 空にならず…愚かなる神の前の鉢に 赦しを請いつつ 静寂ざわつき幾歳月
20
when
change comes
things
change they say--
sight
beyond sight
in
the wealthy vacuum
all
is well with limping days
変化きたれば 事変わるとう ….大いなる空白のなか視界を越ゆる眺めは みな 傷つきし片足引きずり日々歩み行くので良し
--Ram
Krishna Singh, Dhanbad, India
posted by Ram Krishna Singh | 8:28 AM
2 Comments:
Congratulations RK.
There is so much feeling in these tanka, joy and pain, and varied degrees of both.
Adelaide
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