The Third Edition of Santoka International Haiku Contest
“Loneliness”
It is a great honour to announce that we received 219 submissions from 40 countries for the 3rd Santoka International Haiku Contest.
We have singled out 6 haiku for the beauty of sabi they possess:
Translation into Serbian by Aleksandar Vasić.
Translation into Japanese by Margareta Samoran.
1st place
Dragan J. Ristić, Srbija
in my sleepless night
wandering with Santōka –
without sake
u besanoj noći
lutam sa Santokom –
bez sakea
寝れぬ初夏
山頭火読む
酒なしで
2nd place
Vasile Moldovan, Romania
just an old man
in the empty house
alone as God
samo starac
u praznoj kući
sam kao bog
空の家
ひとり老人
神様か
3rd place
Theresa Okafor, Nigeria
winter silence
the heaviness of sun –
on a bare branch
zimska tišina
težina sunca –
na goloj grani
冬静か
裸の枝に
陽の重さ
Highly commended
Nela Augustić, Croatia
In late autumn
all I hear is a crow’s caw. –
The sun is gone.
U kasnu jesen
čujem samo graktaj vrane. –
Sunca više nema
晩秋に
カラス鳴く声
陽が消える
Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan
border fence…
a child plays peekaboo
with the hunter’s moon
granica
dete se igra žmurke sa
krvavim mesecom
国境で
まんまる月と
ピーカブー
Ron C. Moss, Australia
lunar eclipse…
a single moonflower
awake in the dark
lunarna eklipsa
jedan mesečev cvet
budan u mraku
月食に
夕顔開き
目を覚ます