Thursday, January 1, 2015

Butterfly Dream: New Year Haiku by Steliana Cristina Voicu

English Original

first dream of the new year:
we buy back our wedding rings
from the pawn shop

Third Prize, Romanian Kukai, January 2014

Steliana Cristina Voicu


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

新年的第一個夢:
從當舖贖回
我們的結婚戒指

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

新年的第一个梦:
从当舖赎回
我们的结婚戒指


Bio Sketch

Steliana Cristina Voicu lives in Ploieşti, Romania and loves painting, poetry, photography and astronomy. She has a bachelor’s degree in Cybernetics, Statistics and Economic Informatics and a master's diploma in Business Support Databases. Her Haiku, Haiga and Tanka have been published in various magazines and anthologies.

2 comments:

  1. Evaluated in times of economic hardship, this timely haiku about Hatsuyume (初夢, the Japanese word for the first dream in the new year) shows a promising sign of hope.

    Wish this haiku, I wish you all a bright and promising new year.

    Note: Traditionally, the contents of the first dream would foretell the luck of the dreamer in the ensuing year.

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    1. Dear Chen-ou Liu, I would like to thank you very much and to send you my best wishes for the New Year!

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