Lishanu - autumn 2005

Lishanu • an interlingual haikai journal
Autumn 2005 • Issue 1

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Haiku in Italian and Latin by Moussia, Rome, Italy
Translation: author
tower in ruins
on sentry-duty
an owl

torre in rovina
veglia di sentinella
una civetta


turrita rudera
vigilat
noctua

* * *
festina lente
the turtle teaches
that wisdom

festina lente
la tartaruga insegna
quella saggezza


festina lente
sapientiam illam
docet testudo

* * *
amidst the coils
of old ivy
pine chokes

dentro le spire
della vecchia edera
soffoca il pino


inter veteris hederae
sinus suffocatur
pinus



Born in Roma last millennium (!). Classical studies: Latin, Greek, Philosophy and History. Graduate in Law, later on lawyer... but the artist inside resented her choice and so she now is a full time artist! Although her talents range from writing (besides being the steady winner of many literary contests, one of her novels has been adapted for and broadcast on the Italian radio - RAI) to handicraft (jewellery, découpage, interior decorating, etc.) her favourite interest remains writing.

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