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The Selected Poems of Li PoLi PoTranslated by David Hinton
Series: Poetica
Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (160 pages) (Pub. Aug 1998) 9780856462917 Out of Stock
On a Spring Day It’s like boundless dream here in this I have, therefore, been drunk all day, Coming to, I look into the courtyard. and when I ask what season this is, Overcome, verging on sorrow and lament, this bright moon, I’m chanting a song. Translated by David Hinton Li Po (AD 701–762) and Tu Fu are traditionally celebrated as the two greatest poets in the Chinese canon. David Hinton’s translation of Li Po’s poetry is no less an achievement than his critically acclaimed The Selected Poems of Tu Fu, also published by Anvil. Li Po’s work is suffused with Taoism and Zen Buddhism, and the pure lyricism of his poems has awed readers in China and Japan for over a thousand years. Called ‘the Banished Immortal’, Li Po was seen as an exiled spirit moving through this world with an unearthly ease and freedom from attachment. |
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