English Original
ocean boulevard
an amber traffic light
lost in the sunset
Iris International Haiku, 4, 2018
Simon Hanson
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
海濱大道
琥珀色的交通燈光
隱匿在夕陽中
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
海滨大道
琥珀色的交通灯光
隐匿在夕阳中
Bio Sketch
Simon Hanson lives in Tasmania among tree-ferns, wattles, pines and eucalypts in the company of echidnas, wallabies, various lizards and snakes, hawks, owls, robins and wrens. He is Secretary to the Australian Haiku Society and co-editor of Echidna Tracks: Australian Haiku.
L1 sets the scene while the emotionally charged action verb, "lost," in L3 not only "creatively describes" the traffic light "of L2 disappearing/vanishing into the amber sunset, but also can function as an indicator of the mood of the narrator immersing him/herself in this beautiful sunset scenery.
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