2018-06-01

Mealbhacáin Ghlas-Stríocacha


Luíonn siad
i ngort faoi réaltaí.
Luíonn i ngort faoin mbáisteach.
Faoin ngrian.

Tá daoine áirithe
ar an gcuma sin leis -
mar a bheadh pictiúr
faoi cheilt laistiar de phictiúr eile.

Meáchan gan choinne
ina chomhartha aibíochta.

Green-Striped Melons


They lie
under stars in a field.
They lie under rain in a field.
Under sun.

Some people
are like this as well --
like a painting
hidden beneath another painting.

An unexpected weight
the sign of their ripeness.
 

~ Jane Hirshfield ~

(Alaska Quarterly, Fómhar & Geimhreadh, 2008)