Butterdly Dream: Bulbul Haiku by Sandip Chauhan

English Original

mango blossoms ...
all day the bulbul’s song
rises and fades

Haiku Reality, 2014

Sandip Chauhan


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

芒果花盛開...
整天夜鶯的歌聲
上揚, 然後淡出

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

芒果花盛开...
整天夜莺的歌声
上扬, 然後淡出


Bio Sketch

Sandip Chauhan holds a PhD in Punjabi Literature from Punjabi University in Patiala, India. She writes mainly in Punjabi and English. Publications include two haiku anthologies: In One Breath - a Haiku moment , 2013 and Kokil Anb Suhavi Bole /ਕੋਕਿਲ ਅੰਬਿ ਸੁਹਾਵੀ ਬੋਲੇ , 2014, where haiku and its aesthetics are introduced in Punjabi for the first time. She currently resides in northern Virginia, USA.

Butterfly Dream: Library Book Haiku by Sandip Chauhan

English Original

torn page
in a library book
winter rain

The Mainichi, March 27, 2012

Sandip Chauhan


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

圖書館的書
殘缺了一頁
冬雨

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

图书馆的书
残缺了一页
冬雨


Bio Sketch

Sandip Chauhan holds a PhD in Punjabi Literature from Punjabi University in Patiala, India. She writes mainly in Punjabi and English. Publications include two haiku anthologies: In One Breath - a Haiku moment , 2013 and Kokil Anb Suhavi Bole /ਕੋਕਿਲ ਅੰਬਿ ਸੁਹਾਵੀ ਬੋਲੇ , 2014, where haiku and its aesthetics are introduced in Punjabi for the first time. She currently resides in northern Virginia, USA.

Butterfly Dream: Moonbow Haiku by Sandip Chauhan

English Original

moonbow ...
in a grain of wheat
a farmer’s song

2nd Place, 2014 International Matsuo Basho Award for Haiku Poetry

Sandip Chauhan


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

月虹 ...
在一粒麥子中
農夫的歌

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

月虹 ...
在一粒麦子中
农夫的歌


Bio Sketch

Sandip Chauhan holds a PhD in Punjabi Literature from Punjabi University in Patiala, India. She writes mainly in Punjabi and English. Publications include two haiku anthologies: In One Breath - a Haiku moment , 2013 and Kokil Anb Suhavi Bole /ਕੋਕਿਲ ਅੰਬਿ ਸੁਹਾਵੀ ਬੋਲੇ , 2014, where haiku and its aesthetics are introduced in Punjabi for the first time. She currently resides in northern Virginia, USA.