Thanbauk

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The Thanbauk is a Burmese form, consisting of three lines of four syllables each. Traditionally, they are witty and epigrammic.

The rhyme is on the fourth syllable of the first line, the third syllable of the second, and on the second syllable of the third.

Here's a modern example by Tin Moe:

Èthegyi

Hsay leik lè to

Nei lè nyo bi

Nga go pyan po gya ba lei

The Great Guest (1959)

Cigar's burnt down

The sun is brown

Will somebody take me home?

- translated by Anna Allott^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Poems of Tin Moe - Prince Claus Laureatus 2004. Retrieved on 2007-05-16.