(I intend to introduce Telugu Haiku to members of PH. In Telugu, Hiaku denotes both Haiku and Senryu. While writing Telugu Haiku, poets attached more importance to the expression of thought than the prescribed technicalities like conforming to kigo and writing the verse in present tense etc. Telugu Haiku is a budding literary form and here I endeavour to translate some of the verses of the active Telugu Haiku writers) <br /> <br />(1) <br />KonEru KaMta <br />KaluvalatO mustAbu <br />PriyudevarO <br /> <br />Pond maid <br />Adorn lotus flowers <br />Who is lover? <br /> <br />(2) <br />Ponchi vuntundi <br />needallE maraNam <br />jeevaM venukE <br /> <br />Lurks <br />Death like shadow <br />Behind life <br /> <br />(Talathoti Prithvi Raj) <br /> <br /> <br />(3) <br />AaTalO <br />OdipoyAnu <br />aA pasivAdi navvu chUdAlani <br /> <br />In game <br />I accede defeat <br />To see boy’s smile <br /> <br />(B. Venkata Rao) <br /> <br /> <br />(4) <br />Tallulu mugguru <br />aMduvallE rAmudu <br />Eka patnE vratudu <br /> <br />Three mothers <br />So Rama <br />Embraced one wife <br /> <br />(5) <br />ArtisTO <br />ScientistO taruvAta <br />Mundu nuvvu manishivi kA <br /> <br />Artist or Scientist later <br />First you become <br />Human <br /> <br />(6) <br />Viswa mAnavuDu <br />Porugu vaadito <br />nityaM tagAdA <br /> <br />Universal man <br />With his neighbour <br />Always quarrel <br /> <br />(Dr. Kasala Nagabhushanam) <br /> <br /> <br />(7) <br />Kalam kAgitam <br />Kalala nEstAlu <br />Ivi kalustE kAvyAlu <br /> <br />Pen and paper <br />Friends of dreams <br />When they meet….epics <br /> <br />(8) <br />Raitu kashTam <br />monnaTidAka yendiMdi <br />nEDu munigiMdi <br /> <br />peasant’s toil <br />till day before dried <br />today drowned <br /> <br />(Duvva Ratnakar)<br /><br />Ch J Satyananda Kumar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/telugu-haiku/
