Also, I actually appreciate Japanese poetry MORE than English poetry, and Japanese definitely isn't my native language! But then again, I agree that translations of Japanese poetry rarely capture the full effect. It takes a lot of skill to properly translate a haiku for instance, and even Donald Keene disappoints me :P I just wish I knew more kanji so I could read poetry without having to use a goddamn kanji dictionary every 5 seconds!
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Date: 2011-04-07 01:03 pm (UTC)