The greenish diamond-velvet farmland

The greenish diamond-velvet farmland
(Sein Kadipa Yeikmyon)

This emerald meadow
Endless in morning snow
Sparkling diamond,glass and stones
Blurry, bright and blinding shone
Diamond? glass? emerald? other jewel?
Uncertain of their nature all that well
Earth and heaven swell with blue sky
Greenish hue and yellowish blue contend
This is true, my land, my farmland!

My great father had
Handed me this farmland
That extends greenly to the mountain range
Strangely jade green at night,viper green in daylight
Golden sheen in the morn and pinkish at twilight
Borders of farmland are pastures all right
Very wide and real grand
Well! it's my farmland extending to the horizon!

Dagon Taryar (January 1993, in Kalya Magazine)
Translation by Dr. Maung Maung Nyo