In January 2009, I started translating tanka from “Gendai Tanka no Kansho 101” (Apreciation of Modern Tanka 101), an anthology written and edited by Ken Kodaka. It took longer than I thought, but I am happy to announce that the mission was completed at last!
Since I do not write tanka and some poets use classic Japanese, I found tanka translation more difficult than haiku translation. From now on (at least for a while), this blog will concentrate on haiku.
I appreciate your support and encouragement in the past 3 years!
Fay Aoyagi
November 30, 2011, San Francisco
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Congratulations on your translation completion. I enjoy all your translations, and I really want to thank you for the effort you put into translating those tanka.
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Dear Fay, your tanka translations are beautiful, thank you! Would it be possible to talk with you about a tanka translation I am working on, a book first published by my Issei grandparents? Many thanks.