Wednesday, April 30, 2014

To One Who Is Absent... By Zhang Mi Comments

Rating: 5.0

I cannot forsake the Xie house while dreaming
Of its small lane with graceful orchids leaning
Only spring moonlight on my bed assuages my emotions
While these flowery shrubs recall lost fallen blossoms
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Eugene Levich
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Raymond Farrell 13 August 2015

I enjoyed this. I appreciate the difficulty of doing this translation having just put in a semester of Chinese language here in China where I am living.

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Sandra Feldman 01 May 2014

You must be a genius to be able to translate such a language and so beautifully. Only 4 lines but so full of description and Emotion. One Sees and one Feels the emotion, thanks to your wonderful translation! Thank you, honorable poet

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