The silk dragon : translations from the Chinese / Arthur Sze.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sze, Arthur.

Series:

Kage-an Books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese poetry--Translations into English.

Chinese poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (104 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Port Townsend, Washington] : Copper Canyon Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Arthur Sze has rare qualifications when it comes to translating Chinese: he is an award-winning poet who was raised in both languages. A second-generation Chinese-American, Sze has gathered over 70 poems by poets who have had a profound effect on Chinese culture, American poetics and Sze's own maturation as an artist. Also included is an informative insightful essay on the methods and processes involved in translating ideogrammic poetry. MOONLIGHT NIGHT by Tu Fu can only look out alone at the moon. From Ch'ang-an I pity my children who cannot yet remember or understand. Her hair is damp in th

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Note to the Reader""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Drinking Wine (I)""; ""Drinking Wine (II)""; ""Drinking Wine (III)""; ""Returning to Fields and Gardens (I)""; ""Returning to Fields and Gardens (II)""; ""Song of Liang-chou""; ""Bamboo Grove""; ""Deer Park""; ""Hsin-yi Village""; ""Untitled""; ""Highland""; ""Sending Off Mr.Yuan""; ""Drinking Alone with the Moon""; ""Song of Ch�ang-kan""; ""Night Thoughts""; ""The Lotus""; ""To the Tune of “Clear Happiness�""; ""Return to Chiang Village""; ""Spring View""; ""Night at the Tower""

""Moonlight Night""""Thoughts on a Night Journey""; ""A Question Addressed to Mr. Liu""; ""Snow on the River""; ""Flying Light""; ""Song of the Collator�s Sword in the Spring Bureau""; ""Autumn Comes""; ""Anchored at Ch�in-huai River""; ""Easing My Heart""; ""The Brocade Zither""; ""Untitled (I)""; ""Untitled (II)""; ""The Lo-yu Tombs""; ""On a Rainy Night, Lines to Be Sent North""; ""To the Tune of ""Meeting Happiness"" ""; ""To the Tune of “Joy in the Oriole�s Flight�""; ""Spring Night""; ""To the Tune of “Intoxicated in the Shadowsof Flowers�""

""To the Tune of “Telling My Most Intimate Feelings�""""To the Tune of “Plum Blossoms in the Breeze�:Evening Bell at a Misty Temple""; ""To the Tune of “Sailing at Night� (I)""; ""To the Tune of “Sailing at Night� (II)""; ""To the Tune of ""Sky-clear Sand"": Autumn Thoughts""; ""Inscribed on a Painting""; ""Globefish""; ""Bamboo""; ""From a Painting of a Cat""; ""Inscription for a Painting""; ""Bright Light and Cloud Shadows""; ""Dead Water""; ""Perhaps""; ""Miracle""; ""The Last Day""; ""Good Harvest""; ""The Plum Hint""; ""On the Willow Bank""; ""Red Rain""

""Notes to Poems""""Biographical Notes""; ""About the Translator""; ""Copyright""; ""Colophon""; ""Special Thanks""

Notes:

Poems originally written between the 4th and 20th centuries.

ISBN:

1-61932-102-5

OCLC:

852756256