| 1. |  | The Essential Rumi
from Castle Books
Customer Review:
I love to pick this book up on any given day and just read a random page for some inspiration. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Basho: The Complete Haiku
from Kodansha International
Price: $16.47
Customer Review:
i have been reading basho for some time now and have been looking for a complete collection. this is the first to come out and it is an exellent translation and the anotations bring new insight to my understanding of basho's life and work. i recommend it to anyone interested in basho or haiku | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Gitanjali
from Branden Books
Price: $5.95
Customer Review:
The two low star reviews of this book appear to be referring to different versions than the one for sale on this page. The poems are numbered and it seems unlikely that there are copyright issues as the book has been available for some time.
Is there a way for Amazon to remove or monitor the... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | The Conference of the Birds: The Selected Sufi Poetry of Farid Ud-Din Attar
from Interlink Books
Price: $15.96
Customer Review:
. . . . it is instructive and corrective to have a glimpse of
what was: a lyrical, medeivalist tradition that saw the denial
of the self as a path to union with the infinite.
Just as it's important to be aware of the gently lascivious
Omar Khayyam as an antidote to today's... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $10.40
Customer Review:
Anything on Basho is great. Even tought i can't agree with the author's choice of using a four line verse translation for the haiku. i think it gives a different rythm not intended. once you've read any three verse translation you'll know what i mean. | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | The Tale of Kieu: A bilingual edition of Nguyen Du`s Truyen Kieu
from Yale University Press
Price: $18.90
Customer Review:
I read the 1973 monolingual translation with a preface by journalist Gloria Emerson and historical background provided by Alexander Woodside. I also searched the Internet for background information about this epic poem. I found that it is considered to be Viet Nam's most prominent work. I don't... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Du Fu: A Life in Poetry
from Knopf
Price: $11.53
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| 8. |  | The Sound of Water (Shambhala Centaur Editions)
from Shambhala
Customer Review:
Mi idioma es el español, pero puedo
leer este valioso librito en Ingles.
Basho, Buson, Issa, y otros writers
of Haiku son joyas que permanecen
en la mente. Altamente les recomiendo
tener esta miniatura de libro.
Martha | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $9.35
Customer Review:
A little repetitive...
No point in worrying... enjoy life at the moment... can't control birth or death so lets get drunk and make love
But pretty. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death
from Tuttle Publishing
Price: $11.53
Customer Review:
Nice book. Good text. Every poem got is little explanation or the translation in Kanji. We learn about poem and history in the same time. It's great. 5/5. | 4.5 / 5.0
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