Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, Week 2 of 2

[x_los]

This week, we're finishing Eliot Weinberger's "Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei". This short book discusses many ways to translate a single, brief Tang dynasty poem and the choices involved therein. This week, we'll look at the last ten poems. 

I'll reproduce the translations under discussion here, but c/ping from the pdf is not very reliable and frequently introduces errors. I'm including the text here primarily as a reference point for our discussions: I advise you to look at the book file itself for your reading.

Comments

14. Deer Park

[x_los]

Hills empty, no one to be seen
We hear only voices echoed-
With light coming back into the deep wood
The top of the green moss is lit again.

- G.W. Robinson, 1973

Re: 14. Deer Park

[x_los]

Some clever notes on physical relations and poetics

Re: 14. Deer Park

[superborb]

lol he's so mad about this one (but it /is/ infelicitous)