Poetry of Asia: Five Millenniums of Verse from Thirty-three Languages

A. K. Ramanujan Abkhaz anthology Aqhat Arab Arab poetry Armenian bananas beauty bird blood blue body born breasts breath bright cent century Chairil Anwar clouds dance dark dawn death dreams drink Dumuzi earth epic Erindzen Mergen eyes face fire flesh flowers gak gak gak Galaktion Tabidze garden Georgian Gilgamesh girl grass Gregory of Narek hair hand head heart heaven Inanna Indonesia's future Jibanananda Das king Kun-thong land language leopard light lips literature live London look Lord lotus lovers lyric Milarepa moon mother mountains mouth never night Persian poem given poets Princess Satanéi rain REAMKER reprinted by permission river roar Sanskrit shining singing sleep song soul spring stars Sutardji Calzoum Bachri sweet Taufiq Ismail tears thou translations tree turned Ugaritic Urdu Urshanabi Utnapishtim verse walk weeping wild wind wine