Friday, December 28, 2007

Cathay

Ezra Pound's 1915 collection, Cathay, was one of his best, and comprised loose translations of Chinese poetry, mainly by the great Tang Dynasty (8th century) romantic poet, Li Po (also known as Rihaku). It can be read online here

Excellent readings, by Alan Davis-Drake, of all 15 poems from the collection, plus two other contemporaneous Pound translations, can be downloaded as mp3s here.