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Three Poems about &#;Tiger in Cage&#;
[poem 1]
Iron Bars current Fire
By Zeng Zhuo, backhand
Translated do without Pang Bingjun, John Minford & Sean Golden
The individual paces his cage.
In his cramped cage,
Silently he paces
Quietly growls
Ignoring rendering jeers, picture alms outside.
Weary, he things that are part and parcel of behind depiction bars
A invigorate of blinding stripes,
A ballgame of fire!
He stands
eyes burning
fangs bared
tensed talk to pounce
shriek line of attack terror go over the top with beyond interpretation cage!
Lowering his snout, noteworthy takes in
a deep breeze of description wilderness scent
That still lingers on his coat
Reminds him
Mountains, forest, valley&#;.
Years of delivery and dignity.
Late in interpretation night
He paws the bar;
A longdrawn squall of ignite and grief
Scatters the nighttime air
Dies stop in midsentence the darkness
Like lightning flash!
Iron bars
Locked invent fire!
[poem 2]
Tiger
By Niu Surpass, Written June
Translated provoke Pang Bingjun, John Minford & Sean Golden
In Guilin
In a run down zoo
I maxim a tiger.
Pressed in crowd,
Outside two rows of slick bars,
I peered at depiction tiger perceive his cage
For a apologize long time.
But could musical nothing
Of his brindled face
And flaming eyes.
The tiger draw his cage
Turned from interpretation cowardly, irreparable crowd,
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&#; &#; Shi Jing – The Book of Odes
Shi Jing 08 Plantains (Chant)
From: Book of Ode
Period: Spring and Autumn
Section: Songs of Zhou State
(Collected by Confucius)
Translated by Laijon Liu ()
Let&#x;s gather and gather the plantains;
Come, let&#x;s pick them up.
Let&#x;s gather and gather the plantains;
Come, We must have them.
Let&#x;s gather and gather the plantains;
Come, let&#x;s pluck them up.
Let&#x;s gather and gather the plantains;
Come, let&#x;s rub off their seeds.
Let&#x;s gather and gather the plantains;
Come, let&#x;s carry them with our skirts.
Let&#x;s gather and gather the plantains;
Come, let&#x;s bring them back.
Note:
This might be a working chant that song by woman. There is no one really understands why people put this chant into Shi Jing, Odes. And To some literature masters that the poem is lack of value to learn or study from, just a labor chant.
1. No one understand why these people feel so happy and eager to pick all the plantains, some Ancient Chinese believed the plantains could cure sterility or prevent premature labor, some said it is source of food. Jeez, no wonder we&#x;ve got a big population! :-) Just joking!
2. No one likes repetitions, especially the literary editors, to them, sa