Húmence lómi -
qui umnelte marillar
lá netyumnelte
aurenya alassenen
an cólo míre taite
New version:
Húmence lómi -
cé ahyaner marillannar
lá netyanelte
aurenya alassenen
an cólo míre taite
Sleepless nights -
if they changed to pearls
they adorned not
my day with joy
a burden more a jewel of that sort
Schlaflose Nächte -
selbst wenn sie zu Perlen würden
könnt ich mich ihrer
des Tages nicht erfreuen,
so schwer wär das Geschmeide
The original German Tanka was again first published in "Einunddreissig" an online Tanka Journal - February 2014 issue.
For those who read German, this Tanka was published with an analysis by Tony Böhle.
As usual, comments, corrections, etc. welcome.