Li Po: Killing Time with Myself
Photo: Monk and magnolia trees, 1800s.
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Face to face with my wine jar,
I did not notice the fall of night
or that fallen flowers
overflowed my clothes.
Drunk, I arose and walked
by the stream filled with moonlight--
all the birds had gone home
and men also were few.
(Li Po)
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Source and Recommended Reading:
'300 Tang Poems'
B Jerome P. Seaton (Introduction), Geoffrey Waters (Translator), Michael Farman (Translator), David Lunde (Translator)
Purchase Book:
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Description:
"The road to Shu is hard, but harder still is to convey the spirit with which these poems were first written over a thousand years ago. And yet the translators have given us translations that feel alive, as if they were more like a dance between poet and translator, both of whom live on through the beauty of these poems. The night is young, and this book is full of music."
(Red Pine)
Three Hundred Tang Poems includes great names like Li Bai, Du Fu, and Wang Wei, as well as a splendid sampling of the rest of poets who helped to make the Tang the golden age of Chinese poetry.
'300 Tang Poems'
B Jerome P. Seaton (Introduction), Geoffrey Waters (Translator), Michael Farman (Translator), David Lunde (Translator)
Purchase Book:
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Description:
"The road to Shu is hard, but harder still is to convey the spirit with which these poems were first written over a thousand years ago. And yet the translators have given us translations that feel alive, as if they were more like a dance between poet and translator, both of whom live on through the beauty of these poems. The night is young, and this book is full of music."
(Red Pine)
Three Hundred Tang Poems includes great names like Li Bai, Du Fu, and Wang Wei, as well as a splendid sampling of the rest of poets who helped to make the Tang the golden age of Chinese poetry.
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