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.
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.
ReplyDeleteWish 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.
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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