TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE HAIKU

-Iulian Olaru-


-Photo 1
by Iulian Olaru
-Photo 2 (Iulian Olaru musically performing his eclipse haiku
at the Cosmopoetry Festival 2002, “Admiral Vasile Urseanu” Bucharest Municipal Observatory)
by Calin Niculae


Iulian Olaru’s first presence at SARM’s Perseid Camp was in 1998.
In 1999 he was remarked at the Cosmopoetry Festival
as the best astrohaiku author,
and impressed the audience
by musically performing
a total solar eclipse haiku series
before and after the real eclipse.





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Circle of light
wings of darkness
flight among the stars

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Necklace of stars
near the fire disk
stained by the Moon

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A shadow running
a moment darkening
life on Earth

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The laughing of the Sun
notched for a moment
by the crying of the Moon

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The fire circle
with its sacred aura
is covering us

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The Sun and Moon
caught by a celestial ring dance
put on fire our souls





ROMANIAN ORIGINAL VERSION


HAIKU-URILE ECLIPSEI TOTALE DE SOARE

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Cerc de lumina
aripi de intuneric
zbor printre stele

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Salba de stele
pe langa discul de foc
patat de luna

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Umbra alergand
o clipa intunecand
viata pe Pamant

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Rasul Soarelui
stirbit pentru o clipa
de plansul Lunii

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Discul in flacari
cu aura lui sfanta
ne invaluie

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Soarele si Luna
prinsi in hora cereasca
sufletul aprind


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