Monday, December 10, 2018

Butterfly Dream: Rickshaw Puller Haiku by Kanchan Chatterjee

English Original

traffic jam ...
the rickshaw puller gazes
at the moon

Kanchan Chatterjee


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

交通阻塞 ...
人力車夫拉凝視著
一輪明月

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

交通阻塞 ...
人力车夫拉凝视着
一轮明月


Bio Sketch

Kanchan Chatterjee is a Customs Officer from India. He started writing haiku in 2012. Some of his works have been published in NHK Haiku Masters, Frogpond, Under the Basho and NeverEnding Story, The Maionichi, Asahi Haikuist Network, 9th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum Haiku Contest and various other online haiku journals. He is one of the winners in the 2017  ETO EN Oi Ocha Nrw Haiku Contest.
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2 comments:

  1. Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐December 10, 2018 at 8:45 AM

    L1 sets the scene while the unexpected yet visually and emotionally poignant last line leaves enough "dreaming room" to the reader's imagination(a glimpse into the harsh life of a rickshaw puller/not taxi driver living in a city).

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  2. goldieDecember 10, 2018 at 9:27 AM

    Thanks a lot!

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