English Original
peak of argument
two gentlemen
slip to mother tongue
Cattails, October 2020
Srinivasa Rao Sambangi
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
爭論的高峰
兩位先生
轉換用母語辯白
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
争论的高峰
两位先生
转换用母语辩白
Bio Sketch
Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, a Master Black Belt in Six Sigma, is currently working in a pharma company in Hyderabad, India. His haiku are regularly published in all the leading haiku journals
L1 sets the theme and tone while unexpected yet emotionally evocative and culturally resonant L3 makes the argument between two "gentle"men more effective. :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd it might be interesting to do a thematic comparative reading of the following haiku:
at the height
of the argument the old couple
pour each other tea
Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years, 2013
George Swede