My poem translated into Chinese

refugee camp-
sculpting the tree trunk
into a cross

Rita Odeh, Simply Haiku, 5:2, Summer 2007



Translated and Published in:
Never Ending Story

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

難民營 --
將一個樹幹雕刻
成十字架



Chinese Translation (Simplified)

难民营 --
将一个树幹雕刻
成十字架




Interpretation by Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐June 3, 2013 at 1:51 PM

Unexpected and yet powerful ending.
The juxtaposed images (of "refugee camp" and "a cross") reveal the implied speaker's Jobian faith in the divinely transformative power.