HYACINTH'S WAY BY ZAWGYI

Hyacinth's Way (4)

NO NEED TO GUESS

Ma Beda, doesn't want to halt the night.
At any village, any camp, any shore or banking place;
She rejoices, when the tides rise,
The proud Beda, till the water-rise is over,
Goes up with the water.

Ma Beda, doesn't want to halt the night,
At any village, any camp, any shore or banking place;
She's happy at heart, with the tides' reflux
Miss Beda, down till she reaches the sea,
Ride the waters in glee.

With the female Boke sounding moans,
And the piper playing tunes non-stop in sweet tones;
Ma Beda, to her rising and falling way,
She never had, the need to guess
I should say.

Zawgyi
(University of Rangoon Annual Magazine, 1957-1959)