A cosmic tryst: Haiku

A cosmic tryst: Haiku


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dim sun
This picture is clicked by my daughter Anindhya during her road-trip to Rajgir!

~ Haiku ~                                                                                                           ~ Haiku ~


 

 

 Night, the coy damsel

embraces the bewildered dawn

beyond horizon!

 

~ Hindi Haiku ~                                                                                  ~ Hindi Haiku ~


 

 लज्जाशील रात संग

व्यग्र प्रात करे अभिसार

क्षितिज के उस पार!

Sangeeta Mishra

Haiku is a Japanese poem traditionally comprising of seventeen syllables, in three lines of ‘five’, ‘seven’, and ‘five’, which evokes natural images.

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35 comments

What a thought !! Liked it a lot. Beautiful presentation Sangeeta Ji.

Pic perfectly chosen.

The beauty of it is that you are able to emote bilingually! Loved the opening of the English one and closing of the Hindi haiku! Somehow, skyline isn’t as impressive as Kshitij. Horizon wouldn’t have fit, though. It was a great concept, as usual!

You are right Rakeshji. Initially I used ‘Horizon’ only. But it was crossing the limit of 5-7-5 syllable count. So, I had to change the not only the words and even ‘dawn’ to dusk’. The first and spontaneous version was lying in my draft…….

Night, the coy damsel
Embraces the dimmed dawn
Beyond the horizon!

Lajjasheel raatri aur
dhundhle praat ka abhisaar
Khitiz ke us paar!

लज्जाशील रात्रि और
धुंधले प्रात का अभिसार
क्षितिज के उस पार
And you are indeed the greatest psychologist, guessed it right.

Thank you so much for always being the great support and help. I’m here to learn, as much as I can. Appreciation means a lot when comes from you. 🙂

Aww, thanks! 🙂

The older version was indeed better, though the count of syllables didn’t conform. And, you are indeed a force in poetry! Hindi and English both.

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