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1Bamboo Garden

By Edward Powys Mathers

Edward Powys Mathers was an English translator and poet, and also a pioneer of compiling advanced cryptic crosswords.<br /><br /> He is well known as the translator of J. C. Mardrus's French version of One Thousand Nights and One Night. His English version of Mardrus appeared in 1923, and is known as Mardrus/Mathers. He is known also for the translations The Garden of Bright Waters: One Hundred and Twenty Asiatic Love Poems (1920); and of the Kashmiri poet Bilhana in Bilhana: Black Marigolds (1919), a free interpretation in the tradition of Edward FitzGerald. Some of his translations were set to music by Aaron Copland. - Summary by Wikipedia

"There is an opportunity of knowing in brilliant English translations much of the poetry of China and Japan, of India and Persia; and Arabic poetry is accessible ; but I believe this book to be the first general English anthology of Asiatic verse. It is haphazard, as such books must be until some polyglot scholar gives a whole life to the matter. Variety was the only aim possible in a space so small, and therefore I have selected love poems of different centuries and of both primitive and subtle peoples." - Summary by Author

3Walking Up A Hill At Dawn

By Edward Powys Mathers

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Walking Up A Hill At Dawn by Edward Powys Mathers.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 18, 2019. <br> ------<br> This poem is taken from The Garden Of Bright Waters - One Hundred And Twenty Asiatic Love Poems Translated by Edward Powys Mathers, 1920 - Summary by David Lawrence

4Misadventure

By Edward Powys Mathers

LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of Misadventure by Edward Powys Mathers (As Translator). <br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 2, 2023. <br> ------<br> Edward Powys Mathers was an English translator and poet. This poem is taken from The Garden Of Bright Waters - One Hundred And Twenty Asiatic Love Poems; Translated by Edward Powys Mathers 1920

5Winter Comes

By Edward Powys Mathers

LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of Winter Comes by Edward Powys Mathers.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 31, 2023. <br> ------<br> Edward Powys Mathers was an English translator and poet, and also a pioneer of compiling advanced cryptic crosswords. He also translated The Garden of Bright Waters: One Hundred and Twenty Asiatic Love Poems (1920); and the Kashmiri poet Bilhana in Bilhana: Black Marigolds (1919), a free interpretation in the tradition of Edward FitzGerald, quoted at length in John Steinbeck’s novel Cannery Row. These are not scholarly works, and are in some cases based on intermediate versions in European languages.

6Written On A Wall In Spring

By Edward Powys Mathers

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Written On A Wall In Spring by Edward Powys Mathers.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 17, 2014. <br> ------<br> Edward Powys Mathers was an English translator and poet, and also a pioneer of compiling advanced cryptic crosswords. Some of his translations were set to music by Aaron Copland. - Summary by Wikipedia

7In Lukewarm Weather

By Edward Powys Mathers

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of In Lukewarm Weather by Edward Powys Mathers (As Translator).<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 4, 2025. <br> ------<br> Edward Powys Mathers was an English translator and poet, and also a pioneer of compiling advanced cryptic crosswords. - Summary by Wikipedia