Thursday, March 20, 2014

Butterfly Dream: Veil Haiku by Asni Amin

English Original

crescent moon ...
lifting her veil just
enough

Simply Haiku, 10:3, Spring/Summer 2013

Asni Amin


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

彎月...
掀起她的面紗
恰到好處

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

弯月...
掀起她的面纱
恰到好处


Bio Sketch

Asni Amin lives in Singapore and works as a librarian in a school.  She started writing haiku in 2012 and has her works published in Simply Haiku and various other ebooks online. 

2 comments:

  1. The shape of a crescent moon, combined with its religious overtones, works visually and emotionally effectively with the act of lifting a woman's veil (Do you really SEE her?)

    A timely and visually provoking haiku.

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  2. Thank you, Mr. Liu, for including my haiku in your publication. I am much honored.

    (Asni)

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