VJERA MAJSTROVIĆ
Rođena je u Đakovu 1929. godine. Umirovljena učiteljica razredne nastave, živi u Zagrebu od 1952. godine. Haiku počinje pisati odlaskom u mirovinu,
objavljuje u hrvatskim časopisima za haiku Vrabac/Sparrow i Haiku, sudjeluje u radu susreta haiku-pjesnika u Samoboru, Krapini (Haiku dan - Dubravko Ivančan), Kloštar Ivaniću i Ludbregu (Calendar/Rokovnik), dva posljednja s međunarodnim natječajem za haiku na engleskom jeziku. Za svoje haikue primila nekoliko zapaženih nagrada na natječajima u Hrvatskoj i Japanu. Do sada je objavila dvije dvojezične zbirke haikua: Duga u kapljici rose/Rainbow in the dewdrop, 1999. i Zvona iz daljine/Bells from the distance, 2006. Članica je Društva hrvatskih haiku pjesnika u Zagrebu i Hrvatskoga haiku društva, Samobor te World Haiku Association, Japan.Vjera Majstrović, Keršovanijev trg 9, 10000 Zagreb
Born in Đakovo in 1929, a retired teacher, has been living in Zagreb since 1952. She started to write haiku after retiring and has been published in domestic haiku magazines Vrabac/Sparrow and Haiku, and has taken a part in all haiku meetings in Samobor, Krapina’s Haiku Day Dubravko Ivanačan, Kloštar Ivanić and Ludbreg (Calendar/Rokovnik), the two latter with international haiku contests in English, as well. She published two bilingual haiku collections in Croatian and English, Duga u kapljici rose/Rainbow in a dewdrop, 1999. and Zvona iz daljine/Bells in the distance, 2006. For her haiku, Mrs. Majstrović has received several commendations and awards in Croatia and Japan. She is a member of the Croatian Haiku Society, Samobor, the Association of Haiku Poets, Zagreb and the World Haiku Association in Japan.
1. U suncu
ivančice
bumbar.
In the Sun
- of an exeye daisy -
a bumblebee.
2. Iz olupine auta
noge skitnice
vire u svijet.
From the wreck
of a car the tramp’s legs
peer into the world.
3. Nikoga na groblju,
uvele maćuhice
mole za mrtve.
There is nobody
in the graveyard – pansies
praying for the dead.
4. Sama u gomili:
ispred i iza mene
samo koraci.
Alone in the crowd:
behind and ahead of me
just the steps.
5. Ogromna tuga
zgrčila se u jednoj
jedinoj suzi.
The huge sorrow
clenched in
a single tear.
6. Juri auto
rastjerana magla
vraća se
Rushing car
dispersed fog
... returns …
7. Posljednja ruža
sjaji hladnoćom mraza
u svitanje
The last rose
bitterly shining with frost
... at dawn ...
8. Sunce visoko:
na zrelim grozdovima
pjesma berača.
The sun is high:
the song of the pickers
in the ripe grapes.
9. Sjajni tragovi
od salate k salati
puževi golaći.
Glossy trails
from one lettuce to another
the slugs.
10. Tišina i mir
samo sumrak ljubi
more.
Silence and calm
just the twilight kisses
the sea.
11. Na brkovima
pahulje se ušuljale
u toplinu sobe.
On the moustache
snowflakes have slunk into
the warmth of my room.
12. Kamin u sobi
izgubio zaposlenje.
Nova vremena
The hearth in my room
has lost its employment.
... New times ...
13. Svilena kosa
nedozreli klipovi
u ruci ljeta.
- Silky hair -
unripe maize
in the arm of summer.
14. Oblak
poljubi vrh jablana
i odluta.
A cloud
blows a kiss to the poplartop
and wanders away.
15. Bijeli se snijeg.
Jedna se ljuljačka
ipak ljulja!
The snow gleaming white.
Still a swing
rocks on!
16. Na trgu pano
u pano gleda čovjek,
u čovjeka pas.
- A sign-post on the square -
a man looking at it,
a dog watching the man.
17. Zvižduk kosova
odbjegla misao
dodirne oblak.
- Blackbirds’ whistle -
a soaring thought
touches a cloud.
18. Bljesak sred sela
rano sunce ljubi
bakar zvonika
- A flash in the hamlet
- the rising Sun kisses
... the copper belfry ...
19. Nadimajući se
zastruže krilima
ego purana!
Swelling with pride
- he scrapes with wings -
a turkey-cock’s ego!
20. Prvi je snijeg
ošišanoj živici
poklonio šal.
the first snow
presenting the clipped hedge
with a shawl.
* Graševina – among finest Croatian white vines
1. Vjera Majstrović: Duga u kapljici rose/Rainbow in a dewdrop, Hrvatsko haiku društvo/Croatian Haiku Association - Samobor,
1999;
2. Počasno priznanje časopisa Vrabac/Honourary Mention, Sparrow Annual, Samobor 1999;
3. Blithe Spirit Vol. 14 No 3 in September 2004;
4. International Kusamakura Haiku Competition 1999, Kumamoto, Japan - 3. nagrada/3rd Prize;
5. Nagradni natječaj časopisa Vrabac/Sparrow / Contest of haiku magazine Vrabac/Sparrow for 2001 - 2. mjesto/2nd Place;
6. Annual selection 2005 Mainichi Daily News;
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/entertainment/etc/haiku/;
7. HHD/Croatian Haiku Association Samobor - nagrada/Award 2001;
8. International Kusamakura Haiku Competition 2004, Kumamoto, Japan - 3. nagrada/3rd Prize;
9. Samoborsk haiku-susreti/Samobor Haiku Meeting 2004, nagrada Graševina/Special Annual ‘Graševina’* Award by Željko
Funda;
10-11. Kloštar Ivanić Haiku Miscellany 2006;
12. Haiku No. 19/20, 2003;
13-14. Vrabac/Sparrow 2000;
15-18. Vjera Majstrović: Zvona iz daljine/Bells from the Distance, 2006;
19. Vjera Majstrović: Duga u kapljici rose/Rainbow in a dewdrop, Hrvatsko haiku društvo/Croatian Haiku Association - Samobor,
1999;
20. Haiku No. 21/22, Zagreb 2004.
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