Potential Titles: The Jade Flute [published 1960]

[somethingdarker]

We do not stumble on mountains - "Be Careful" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

The breath of spring is everywhere - "The Breath of Spring" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

The mimosa casts its delicate shadows - "The Breath of Spring" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

But I pluck the willow of sorrow - "The Breath of Spring" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

And there is no fairy bridge of birds to carry me - "The Breath of Spring" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

Never walks the road of shade and flowers - "I Have Seen a Road" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

Away with philosophers, away with sages - "The Way of Virtue: Away with Philosophers" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

Away with charity, away with virtue - "The Way of Virtue: Away with Philosophers" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

Away with profits, away with skills - "The Way of Virtue: Away with Philosophers" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

Cherish uncarved blocks of stone - "The Way of Virtue: Away with Philosophers" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

Heaven endures forever and the earth is eternal - "The Way of Virtue: Eternity" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

The wise man desires to be forgotten - "The Way of Virtue: Eternity" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

Join the spokes together to make a wheel - "The Way of Virtue: Non-Being" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

Spin wet clay to shape a cooking-pot - "The Way of Virtue: Non-Being" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

Work a saw to cut out doors and windows - "The Way of Virtue: Non-Being" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

But also it is necessary to have non-being - "The Way of Virtue: Non-Being" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

Perhaps you will pause for music and strange foods - "The Way of Virtue: The Way of the Way" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

But the way itself has no flavor, the way itself has no sound - "The Way of Virtue: The Way of the Way" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

A house, high its tower in the clouds - "Wild Geese" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

A sad song with a sad lute playing beside it - "Wild Geese" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

Her song follows the wind - "Wild Geese" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

Grief is victor over her strong will - "Wild Geese" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]

To fly like those two wild geese, rising with beating wings - "Wild Geese" transl. not credited [The Jade Flute, c.1960, Project Gutenberg]


The Jade Flute at Project Gutenberg. No translator is credited for any of the poems nor is there a named editor/compiler. The copyright date is 1960. My assumption is that the translations were then in the public domain, but I have no evidence for that. I'd just prefer it to the other ideas I have about the provenance of the translations which mostly involve paying a pittance and not crediting the translators for Reasons. Who knows?


Navigation Links:
Go to Anonymous authors documents index.
Go to author indices.
Go to word indices.
Go to category indices.