Translation, rendering--take your pick.

[lorrainemt]

My last post was entitled Hafiz on Wednesday.  Well, I discovered that it should have been called Ladinsky on Wednesday instead.  Here I was, thinking I was enjoying poetry by Hafiz in a collection called The Gift; Poems by Hafiz The Great Sufi Master.  Underneath that: Translations by Daniel Ladinsky.  But what do you know, Ladinsky doesn't

Comments

[robinellen]

Wow, that's some serious irony...and a shame. :(

[lorrainemt]

It's definitely a shame. Now I'm suspicious of all translated poems.

[boreal_owl]

Ooops!

[lorrainemt]

Yeah, and it makes me feel like I should have been aware of it sooner. There were some definite clues.