April 2008

Balint Zsako, "Untitled," 2006.

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Håkan Sandell
Yannis Ritsos
Anna Akhmatova
Marina Tsvetaeva
Francis Ponge

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Poem

"Poetry rejoices..."

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Translator’s Note: “Poetry rejoices...” by Håkan Sandell

Poem

The Crane Dance

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Håkan Sandell
- "Poetry rejoices..."
- Your Hair of Snakes and Flowers
Bill Coyle
- Translator’s Note: “Poetry rejoices...” by Håkan Sandell
- Translator’s Note: “Your Hair of Snakes and Flowers” by Håkan Sandell
Yannis Ritsos
- The Crane Dance
David Harsent
- Translator’s Note: “The Crane Dance” by Yannis Ritsos
Anna Akhmatova
- In Memoriam, July 19, 1914
Stephen Edgar
- Translator’s Note: “In Memoriam, July 19, 1914” by Anna Akhmatova
Marina Tsvetaeva
- "Our sweet companions-sharing your bunk and your bed"
Sasha Dugdale
- Translator’s Note: “Our sweet companions-sharing your bunk and your bed” by Marina Tsvetaeva
Francis Ponge
- The Trees Delete Themselves Inside a Fog-Sphere
Karen Volkman
- Translator’s Note: “The Trees Delete Themselves Inside a Fog-Sphere” by Francis Ponge
Jean Follain
- Aesomes
- Loners
Roddy Lumsden
- Translator’s Note: “Loners” by Jean Follain
Yves Bonnefoy
- San Biagio, at Montepulciano
Hoyt Rogers
- Translator’s Note: “San Biagio, at Montepulciano” by Yves Bonnefoy
Miroslav Holub
- Creative Writing
Rebekah Bloyd
- Translator’s Note: “Creative Writing” by Miroslav Holub
Imru al-Qays
- Mu'allaqa
Frederick Seidel
- Translator’s Note:“Mu’allaqa” by Imru'al-qays
Ibn Al-`Arabi
- Tigris Song
- Baghdad Song
Michael Sells
- Translator’s Note: “Tigris Song” by Ibn Al-Àrabi
Ovid
- The Rape of Europa
Daryl Hine
- Translator’s Note: “The Rape of Europa” by Ovid
Waldo Williams
- What is it to be human?
Menna Elfyn
- Translator’s Note: “What is it to be human?” by Waldo Williams
Anonymous
- "Phoebus was gone, all gone, his journey over"
- Charms for Love
- The Song of the Birds
Eavan Boland
- Translator’s Note: “Phoebus was gone, all gone, his journey over” by Anonymous
Ho Xuan Huong
- Wasps
- Snail
- Jackfruit
- Floating Sweet Dumpling
- Lamenting Widow
Marilyn Chin
- Translator’s Note: “Wasps” by Ho Xuan Huong
- Translator’s Note: “Snail” by Ho Xuan Huong
- Translator’s Note: “Jackfruit” by Ho Xuan Huong
- Translator’s Note: “Floating Sweet Dumpling” by Ho Xuan Huong
- Translator’s Note: “Lamenting Widow” by Ho Xuan Huong
Dick Davis
- Translator’s Note: “For years my heart inquired of” by Hafez
Takashi Hiraide
- from For the Fighting Spirit of the Walnut
Sawako Nakayasu
- Translator’s Note: “For the Fighting Spirit of the Walnut” by Takashi Hiraide
Olav H. Hauge
- Up on Top
- Barley Field
Robert Bly
- Translator’s Note: “Up on Top” by Olav H. Hauge
- Translator’s Note: “Barley Field” by Olav H. Hauge
Avot Yeshurun
- Memories Are a House
- The Son of the Wall
Leon Wieseltier
- Translator’s Note: “The Son of the Wall” by Avot Yeshurun
Natan Zach
- To Put It Differently
Peter Cole
- Translator’s Note: “To Put It Differently” by Natan Zach
Giacomo Leopardi
- To His Lady
Jonathan Galassi
- Translator’s Note: “To His Lady” by Giacomo Leopardi
Marko Vesović
- Immortal Instant
Chris Agee
- Translator’s Note: “Immortal Instant” by Marko Vesović
Rainer Maria Rilke
- Day in Autumn
- The Beggars
Mary Kinzie
- Translator’s Note: “Day in Autumn” by Rainer Maria Rilke
Michael Hofmann
- Translator’s Note: “The Beggars” by Rainer Maria Rilke
Lydia Davis
- Translator’s Note: “The Song of the Birds” by Anonymous
César Vallejo
- Black Stone on a White Stone
- Miguel
Rebecca Seiferle
- Translator’s Note: “Black Stone on a White Stone” by César Vallejo
Don Paterson
- Translator’s Note: “Miguel” by César Vallejo
Ramón López Velarde
- Because of this Modest Style
Michael Schmidt
- Translator’s Note: “Because of this Modest Style” by Ramón López Velarde
Pura López-Colomé
- Tormented
Forrest Gander
- Translator’s Note: “Tormented” by Pura López-Colomé
Annette M'Baye
- From the Artist's Sketchbook
D. A. Powell
- Translator’s Note: “From the Artist’s Sketchbook” by Annette M'Baye
Tomas Venclova
- In the Lake Region
Ellen Hinsey
- Translator’s Note: “In the Lake Region” by Tomas Venclova
Hafez
- "For years my heart inquired of me‚"