ျမကန္သာ

ျမကန္သာ၊ ေတာင္က်ေခ်ာင္းေတး၊
ေရ၀င္ေျပးလွည့္၊ ေရေအးၾကည္စြာ၊
ကန္ပိုင္မာလ်က္၊ ၾကာေပါင္းထံုထံု၊
နံ႔မ်ိဳးစံုသည္၊ ဘံု၀တိ ံသာ၊
နႏၵာေပေလာ၊ တူစြဟုတၱာ။

အဂၤလိပ္ဘာသာျပန္

Emerald Lake
“Emerald Lake fed by a mountain stream,
The waters enters running,
And circle cool and clear,
Within unbreachable banks,
Water lilies are fragrant
And all types of birds abound.
This is so like Nanda that is in the Heavens,
is this perhaps the self-same Nanda Lake?”

• Translated by U Win Pe (Mya Zin)

Pleasant Emerald Lake
Pleasant Emerald Lake
Fed by a brook from the hill cascades.
Cool and clear is its water,
With a strong intact dyke thither.
Fragrant lotus flowers abound.
Hark! Is it the Lake Nanda
Of the Celestial Realm Tavatimsa?
Yae, looks like it.

• Translated by Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt