A length setting sun spread water in
Half river emerald half river red
Love ninth month first three night
Dew like pearl moon like bow
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Again I feel the translation has not done justice to the poet. Translation must be a difficult business- if we try to translate his language word for word into English, we simply don't have words with the same nuances. Yet to take liberties to try to pass on the emotional content risks the public's ire. That said- I prefer the second type of translation.
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Again I feel the translation has not done justice to the poet. Translation must be a difficult business- if we try to translate his language word for word into English, we simply don't have words with the same nuances. Yet to take liberties to try to pass on the emotional content risks the public's ire. That said- I prefer the second type of translation.