Friday, May 30, 2014

Butterfly Dream: Homecoming Haiku by Ken Sawitri

English Original

homecoming --
a yellow butterfly
circles my feet

Presence, 49, 2013

Ken Sawitri


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

衣錦還鄉 --
一隻黃蝴蝶盤旋
在我的雙腿間

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

衣锦还乡 --
一只黄蝴蝶盘旋
在我的双腿间


Bio Sketch

Ken Sawitri was born in Blora, Central Java, Indonesia, and completed her degree in psychology at the University of Indonesia. She was the Psychology & Education editor of  Ayahbunda (1995-1998). She had the first publication in Indonesian national mass media when she was in junior high school.

2 comments:

  1. L1 sets the thematic context while the culturally rich butterfly image in Ls 2&3 adds aesthetic depth to the poem.

    And the use of yellow adds one more layer of meaning and enhances the visual aspect of the poem.

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  2. Dear Chen-ou,

    Thank you for suggesting and pointing out the 'yellow' for my 'tiny butterfly'. Thank you for posting and appreciating my humble work.

    a bow,
    KeN

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