Selected Famous Poems of Lermontov

Author: Wang Zhi-liang
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Publish Date: 1997-04-01
Features: The translations in this collection adhere to the translator's consistent principles for translating poetry: while faithfully conveying the original content, they maintain the rhythm and rhyme of each line of the original poem (the number of metrical units in each line of the original poem corresponds to the number of corresponding phrases or "" in the translation; where the original poem rhymes, the translation also rhymes). Striving for "both spirit and form to resemble." A hundred flowers bloom, like layers of peaks and mountain tops spread across a mottled carpet; the high mountains in the ravine flow through channels, their water sparkling as it surges rapidly through the rocks. The girl from the Caucasus comes to the river to gather, bathing in the clear, pure water. Some of the girls laugh with the innocence of youth. Taking off the precious rings on their hands, they cast them into the clear, bottomless waves; as play, they adorn the thick, beautiful sides of their hair with spring flowers.