lingers, pooled among peach petals tinged red,
and in willows crowded with green, ribbons of spring mist drift.
What a symphonic couplet that is--slow and luscious, many sounds (say "peach petals tinged red"!) to caress the jaw and tongue, achingly clear images true to the tradition. First requirement of good translation: It has to be good English poetry.
from The Philadelphia Inquirer: Sublime translation of Wang Wei poems
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