Thursday, 8 December 2022

lnhammer: the Chinese character for poetry, red on white background (Default)
The lilac flowers are half-scattered—
Wind’s in the pines, the night is clear.


作者:无名鬼
芫花半落,
松风晚清。

I mentioned these last few ghost poems get fragmentary, yeah? Case in point. FWIW, this ‘couplet’ doesn’t rhyme in the original. But more importantly:

Bruh. That’s the end. There are no more. I … yeah. Woofs. I think I need a break.

---L.

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As language practice, I like to translate poetry. My current project is Chinese, with practice focused on Tang Dynasty poetry. Previously this was classical Japanese, most recently working through the Kokinshu anthology (archived here). Suggestions, corrections, and questions always welcome.

There's also original pomes in the journal archives.

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