Thursday, April 4, 2013

Tanka--By Gert W. Knop--Germany

Tanka

German

Schmetterlinge im Tanz
Sommerreigen am Nachmittag
Mosaik der Natur

Von ferne der Ruf eines Kuckucks
Aus seinem unsichtbaren Versteck

English

The dance of Butterflies
Summer roundelay in the afternoon
A mosaic of Nature

From the distance the cry of a cuckoo
Out of his invisible hiding

Spanish

Baile de mariposas
Corro de verano en la trade
Mosaico de la naturaleza

Desde la distancia el grito de un cuco
Fuera de su escondite invisible

Italian

Farfalle nella danza
Danza estate nel pomeriggio
Mosaico della natura

Da lontano il grido di un cuculo
Dal suo invisibile nascondiglio

Gert W. Knop, born in 1943, studies art and tropical agriculture in Germany and Scotland (University of Edinburgh). He has lived in many different countries and writes mainly in German, English and Spanish. He currently resides in Zittau (Saxony), Germany.

3 comments:

  1. Thank you, Phyllis Babcock for the following comment--

    I love butterflies they are so delicate. A delightful poem Gert.

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  2. I've always enjoyed your descriptive tanka and haiku, Gert and this is no exception-- really missed reading these, especially together with your translation-- I can get the "mariposas"....this is nikko btw ;)

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  3. The beauty of nature encaptured and envisged all in one picture. You capture all of this in great tanka form, well done. Kindest thoughts and thanks for sharing, Anna-Marie Docherty.

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