Andrew Shields · @AndrewShields
65 followers · 582 posts · Server mas.toA silent rainbow hangs over the gate of the watch tower. / The rampart glares down at the fishing boats below. / A small child on the pier / Claps his hand & laughs. (Xue Tao, “From the River Terraceq”, tr. Wong May) #Poetry #PoetryInTranslation #ChinesePoetry #XueTao #WongMay
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Andrew Shields · @AndrewShields
63 followers · 486 posts · Server mas.toSo days away from home / Have grown to years. (He Zhizhang, “Homecoming”, tr. Wong May) #Poetry #PoetryInTranslation #ChinesePoetry #HeZhizhang #WongMay
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KatMorrow · @Tode
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Wow this book! This book!
In the Same Light: 200 Tang Poems for Our Century
Translations by Wong May
Carcanet, 2022
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Andrew Shields · @AndrewShields
62 followers · 459 posts · Server mas.toHaving borrowed a wheelbarrow to move my belongings / I see they aren’t enough to fill one. (Meng Jiao, “Borrowing a Wheelbarrow”, tr. Wong May) #Poetry #PoetryInTranslation #ChinesePoetry #MengJiao #WongMay
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Andrew Shields · @AndrewShields
61 followers · 436 posts · Server mas.toI would advise you / Not to speak / Too distinctly / Upon acquiring human speech, // Speaking clearly will / Leave one no room to turn. (Luo Yin, “To the Parrot”, tr. Wong May) #Poetry #PoetryInTranslation #ChinesePoetry #LuoYin #WongMay
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Andrew Shields · @AndrewShields
59 followers · 408 posts · Server mas.toA slight rain wakes the drunken sleeper. (Dou Shu Xiang, “Chatting with a Cousin One Summer Night”, tr. Wong May) #Poetry #DouShuXiang #WongMay #Translation #ChinesePoetry
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Andrew Shields · @AndrewShields
58 followers · 391 posts · Server mas.toMy heart goes flop like a flag in the wind. (Du Mu, “Farewell”, tr. Wong May) #Poetry #DuMu #WongMay #Translation #ChinesePoetry
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Andrew Shields · @AndrewShields
58 followers · 381 posts · Server mas.toDreams traversing a great distance / Reach one at dawn, like letters from home / Many years after. (Du Mu, “Guest at the Inn”, tr. Wong May) #Poetry #DuMu #WongMay #Translation #ChinesePoetry
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Andrew Shields · @AndrewShields
53 followers · 349 posts · Server mas.toTo each his folly / Mine is writing verses (Bai Juyi, “Singing Madly in the Mountains”, tr. Wong May) #Poetry #Translation #BaiJuyi #WongMay
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