English Original
90 this year
the fisherman reels in
a fighting trout
Mann Library’s Daily Haiku, May 2 2014
Marian Olson
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
今年九十歲
一位漁夫收線拉入
一條搏鬥的鱒魚
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
今年九十岁
一位渔夫收线拉入
一条搏斗的鳟鱼
Bio Sketch
Marian Olson, non-fiction writer and widely published international poet, was the author of nine books of poetry, including the award winning haiku in Songs of the Chicken Yard, Desert Hours, Consider This, and Moondance. Published in 2017, The Other and Kaleidoscope were her first books of tanka.
In this visually and emotionally impactful haiku about "daily life," there is an implied/a subtle contrast between the "90-year-old" fishman's two struggles (with both life and a fighting trout) and the trout's "life and death" struggle
ReplyDeleteThis deceptively simple haiku reminds me of the following remarks about "struggles in life:"
It's a struggle, life. Everyone is struggling with something.
-- Juno Dawson, Stay Another Day
There is a lot to say for Hooked Fish, then a Free One.
-- Bharath Mamidoju