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\na wind on desolate mountains<\/em>
\nleveling oaks.<\/em>
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\n\u2015<\/em><\/i>Sappho, fragment 42, loose translation by Michael R. Burch<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nperfuming its wings<\/em>
\nfans the orchid<\/em>
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\n\u2015<\/em>\u00a0<\/i>Matsuo\u00a0<\/i>Basho, loose translation by Michael R. Burch<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nif I were you,<\/em>
\nI’d leap into the torrent!<\/em>\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>
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\n\u2015 Takaha Shugyo, loose translation by Michael R. Burch<\/strong>
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\nMichael R. Burch\u2019s poems, translations, essays, articles and letters have appeared more than 2,000 times in publications which include TIME, USA Today, Writer\u2019s Digest<\/em> and hundreds of literary journals and websites. His poetry has been translated into Arabic, Czech, Farsi, Gjuha Shqipe, Italian, Macedonian, Russian, Turkish and Vietnamese. He also edits www.thehypertexts.com.
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\n*Translator’s note: I consult a wide range of sources before I do a translation, since I’m not an expert on other languages. For instance, before doing my translations of Basho and Sappho, I studied hundreds of translations and comments about their work by various experts.
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