Failed Haiku - A Journal of English Senryu, Volume 8, Number 96, December 2023

 

NeverEnding Story First English-Chinese Bilingual Haiku and Tanka Blog

 Translated by Chen-ou Liu

English Original

Children's Day --

on daddy's chair

his combat helmet

Lavana Kray

Chinese Translation (Traditional)

兒童節 --

Translation result

在爸爸的椅子上面

是他的戰鬥頭盔

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

儿童节 --

在爸爸的椅子上面

是他的战斗头盔

INTERNATIONAL HAIKU MAGAZINE, GINYU No.100 / HAIKU GALLERY

 Selected and commented by Ban'ya Natsuishi.

 

 

un fel de ceață

ce nu se disipează -

cuget confuz

a kind of fog 

that never lifts -

fuzzy intellect

 

2

înapoi la cer

așa cum am venit,

cu mintea goală

back to the sky

empty-minded,

as I came 

3

mâna ei întinsă,

peninsulă uscată -

flori virtuale

her outstretched hand,
drying peninsula -

virtual flowers

4

purtată de vânt

o sămânță de vorbă -

nu ară nimeni

carried by the wind
a seed of talk -
no one plows anymore

5

voal de cenușă

pe crizanteme albe -

bătrân cu foarfecă

veil of ash 

over white chrysanthemums -

old man with scissors

6

inteligență artificială -

se taie stejărișul

pentru o parcare

artificial intelligence -
cutting down oak trees 

for a parking lot

7

mor pădurile -

cruci din plastic

prin cimitire

forest dying out -

plastic crosses
in graveyards

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warming up

by your side -

hot chestnuts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 7:1 Autumn/Winter 2023-2024

 

 

no sign of remission--
a woman dancing under snowfall
in the hospital yard

nici un semn de regres--
femeie dansând prin ninsoare
pe alei de spital

THE PLUM TREE TAVERN - HAIBUN

 

Heatwave

City suffocated by heatwaves and face masks. Early in the morning, already on the road to the mountain, we get stuck in a traffic jam that pushed drivers out of their cars, yelling by the roadside. A few cyclists overtake us, some slow-moving sheep pass us by, while a cloud grows crane wings. I close my eyes and turn ambient music with rain sounds on, leaving my thoughts to wander barefoot in a glade of wild mint, birds, butterflies and ozone.

village on fire –
two storks chop up
the sky

Haiga in focus, November 2023