Mathers gathers love songs from Afghanistan, Persia, India, China, Malaya, Armenia and the Caucasus, rendering ghazals, ballads and folk songs into supple free verse. A princess of Qulzum laughs on her roof, a mountain warrior polishes his sword for his beloved, and a Chinese poet stares at an empty page.
A small, lovely anthology for readers of Eastern poetry in translation. Download the free EPUB.