World Haiku Series 2020 (26)
Haiku by Dan Iulian
cherry trees in bloom –
in her vocabulary
new words
満開の桜
彼女の語彙に
新しい単語
the rhythm of rain –
measuring whose loneliness
is greater
Frameless Sky, Issue 13, nov. 2020
雨のリズム
測定する
誰の孤独が大きいか
asylum –
don’t visit him anymore
not even memories
Haiku Contest by Romanian Haiku Magazine,2020 edition, First Award
避難所
もう彼を訪ねない
思い出すらも
in the classroom –
sharing the globe
with a refugee
THF Monthly Kukai, July 2020, Honorable Mention
教室で
地球を共有する
難民と
it’s snowing –
the silence colors itself
in borderless white
雪が降っている
沈黙はそれ自体を彩る
境界のない白色で
lighthouse ashore –
the old keeper’s thoughts
adrift
International Haiku Contest Constanta 2020, Ana Ruse Award
陸上の灯台
年老いた灯台守の考え
漂っている
leaves in the wind –
postponing again
leaving home
Mainichi Haiku in English , oct.13, 2020
風に葉–
再び延期
家を出ることを
drawing the curtain –
at will I ignite in my room
the moonlight
Moonlight Haiku Challenge, September 2020 Anthology
カーテンを引く
私は自分の部屋で自由に火をつける
月光に
waiting for
the fall of another leaf –
the rest is silence
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 3:1, Autumn/Winter 2019-2020
待っている
別の葉の落ちるのを
残りは沈黙
so boundless
and yet the summer sky
fits in a gaze
とても広大
それでも夏の空は
視線に収まる
― Translated into Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta
Brief bio:
Dan Iulian is the pseudonym of Iulian Ciupitu, born in 1955, Romania, Obirsia Olt.
Lives in Bucharest, Romania and works as senior researcher in materials science and engineering. Patents, scientific papers and articles in the mentioned field.
Between 1989-2010, several prizes and commendations for poetry in different national contests.
Since 2011, the meeting with the world of haiku, following the prizes, honourable mentions and commendations for haiku in English, French, Italian and Romanian languages.
Member of the Romanian Kukai Group, starting with 2011.
In a few years selected to the European Top 100 most creative haiku authors.
Published in magazines and anthologies in his country and abroad.
Akita International Haiku Network 
I enjoyed reading Dan’s haiku. He has magical words to paint the art of juxtaposition.
Pravat
Dear Mr. Hidenori Hiruta,
I’m happy, grateful and honored to be part of the family of the best haijins in the world.
Many thanks for your extraordinary translation work.
Best regards and best wishes,
Dan Iulian
Dear Mr. Pravat Kumar Padhy,
Thanks a lot for your beautiful words. I really appreciate your knowledgeable comment, your comment of connoisseur.
Best wishes,
Dan Iulian
Nice penned.
Buna Dan
De abia am aflat de la Eugen ca scri Haiku. Le-am citit si mi-au placut mult, ca tot ce am mai citit din scrierile tale de altfel. Am partajat acest link cu fata noastra mai mare, Cristina, care scrie si ea poezie si mai ales Haiku.
Sper sa mai publici!