In the school of life
there's no student who does not
want a vacation.
It's at the point of
bearing the cross of life
that the back begins to bend.
Whatever befalls
be it good or terrible
life goes on.
Elis Juliana (1927 - 2013) Curaçao
Translated by Hélène Garrett
Source: Haiku in Papiamentu Un Mushi di Haiku, by Elis Juliana, Translated by Hélène Garrett, Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2003
there's no student who does not
want a vacation.
It's at the point of
bearing the cross of life
that the back begins to bend.
Whatever befalls
be it good or terrible
life goes on.
Elis Juliana (1927 - 2013) Curaçao
Translated by Hélène Garrett
Source: Haiku in Papiamentu Un Mushi di Haiku, by Elis Juliana, Translated by Hélène Garrett, Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2003
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