英語で書きたい季節のエントリー

Impressive Haiku into English 

鏡花忌やガス燈青き梅の橋

                               鶴谷たづ子さん

(『新北陸俳句歳時記』(石川県俳文学協会編・北國新聞社刊)所収)

The anniversary of Kyoka′s death―

Umenohashi stands out   

in the  blue light of a gas street lamp 

                                  Tazuko Tsurutani 

☆Kyoka means a Japanese novelist Kyoka Izumi(泉鏡花、1873―1939). The anniversary of his death is 7 Sept.

☆Umenohashi is a proper noun and means a wooden bridge across Asanogawa River near Kyoka′s birthplace in Kanazawa City. 

(英訳は管理人の試訳です。)

(English version is my trial translation. )