haalaaN k hawaa yahaaN
khoob tezi se chalti hai,
is tehs-nehs ghar ki cHaat ki
patrioN k beech se, chaandni
tapakti aati hai.
- -
PERMEABILITY
Although the wind
blows terribly here,
the moonlight also leaks
between the roof planks
of this ruined house.
Izumi Shikibu (Japan,974? -1034?)[translated by Jane Hirshfield with Mariko Aratani]
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
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