English Original
late afternoon
up to its belly in hyacinths
a pregnant buffalo
The Heron’s Nest, 7:1, 2005
Angelee Deodhar
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
下午晚些時候
風信子高到它
的
肚子一頭懷孕的水牛
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
下午晚些时候
风信子高到它的肚子
一头怀孕的水牛
Bio Sketch
Angelee Deodhar of Chandigarh (India) was an eye surgeon by profession as well as a haiku poet, translator, and artist. Her haiku/haiga has been published internationally. She didn't have her own website.To promote haiku in India, she has translated six books of haiku from English to Hindi.
The pastoral scene depicted in this shaesei (sketch from life) haiku is both cozy (L1) and visually and emotionally evocative (Ls 2&3).
ReplyDeleteAnd it might be interesting to do a thematic comparison reading of the following haiku:
roasting sun
the egret’s measured steps
in buffalo shadow
The Mamba, 5, March 2018
Adjei Agyei-Baah