Sunset / Puesta del sol

The sun slips away.

As mountains fade to purple

the wind sighs, then sleeps.

Photo Credit: Michael Rosenberg/Creative Commons

Descansandote,

sol sobre las montañas

tiñes purpuras,

susurando el viento

después viene la calma

Haiku: REA

Tanka: MG 

Seeds of grass / semillas de hierba

REA

the dry stalks of grass

offer their seeds to the wind

fall hoping for spring

los tallos secos 
las semillas al viento
 calor esperan

tributo--tribute

el trinar de aves

el corazón alegran

y te recuerdo

Foto: Mario Garza

Birdsong from a tree

lifts even my heavy heart

remembering you

A spotted pony--un pony pinto

A spotted pony

prances through belly high grass

this windy spring day

 

un pony pinto 
corre sobre la hierba
en primavera 

Casi verano--almost summer

Calor intenso

sol que quema la piel

casi verano

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The heat's so intense

the sun is burning my skin

it's almost summer

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Cielo nublado

amenaza la lluvia

calor de mayo 

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A dark cloudy sky

warns that it's going to rain

this sultry spring day 

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Flores de Anacahuita

Mil flores blancas
hojas de terciopelo
Anacahuita  

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White flowers--thousands--
with petals soft as velvet
Anacahuita

NARANJOS

Mario Garza

en pleno invierno

aroma perfumado

el naranjo en flor

Recien nacidos

 El primer llanto

resuena con gran eco

los dos gemelos

The newborn's first cry

is greeted by an echo--

from his twin brother 

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 Llanto alegre
Hoy los padres dichosos
Después desveló

First, happy parents
crying with relief and joy,
next, crying for sleep