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December 1995
4.1

The following is the Table of Contents from the December 1995 edition of Metamorphoses.
The complete edition, including the original language versions for the poetry, is only available in print.

 

FICTION and OTHER PROSE

 
  E.M. BEEKMAN Dutch: The Language of Paradise 2
  ILAN STAVANS

Thorn at the Core: A Conversation with Ariel Dorfman

8
  BEVERLY MATHERNE Translating from English to Cajun French: A Healing Process 16
  GEORGES BRAQUE A Few Aphorisms
from the Notebooks of Georges Braque
Translated from the French by Melinda Kennedy 		26
  BORIS SEREBRENNIKOV The Last Lambrada
Translated from the Russian by Laszlo Tikos 		39

 

POETRY

 
  Beside the Still Waters 48
  ISAIAH, 60: 1-5, 19-22

King James Translation

49
  PAUL CELAN Deathfugue
Translated from the German by John Felstiner 		50
  NELLIE SACHS Who Emptied Your Shoes?
Translated from the German by Melinda Kennedy 		52
  PAUL ELUARD Understand You Who Dare
Courage
Translated from the French by Melinda Kennedy 		54
56
  CESARE PAVESE A Generation
Green Wood
The Voice
Translated from the Italian by Melinda Kennedy 		58
60
62
  SALVATORE QUASIMODO Three Views of a Poem by Quasimodo
Translated from the Italian by Allen Mandelbaum
Translated from the Italian by Richard Wilbur
Translated from the Italian by Melinda Kennedy

64
65
65
  NINA CASSIAN Ballad of the Jack of Diamonds
Translated from the Rumanian by Richard Wilbur		 66
  Inscriptions for the Henna-Speckled Bride
Translated from the Arabic by Adnan Haydar and Michael Beard 		67
  SAID AQL Quintrains
from Khumasiyyat
Translated from the Arabic by Adnan Haydar 		68
  PAUL SHAWUL The Body's Circular Motion
Translated from the Lebanese by Adnan Haydar and Michael Beard 		73
  HALLBERG HALLMUNDSSON

Corpse Eater in My Heart
The Road is the Same
Temptation of St. Anthony
To Erect a Wall
Journey into the Future
Mortal Fear
Translated from the Icelandic by the author

74
75
76
76
78
78
  EUGENIO DE ANDRADE Fresh Heart
Aubade
In Profile
Mirror
Translated from the Portugese by Alexis Levitin 		80
80
80
82
  CARMEN MAGALLANOS Seven Poems
Translated from the Spanish by Marie Waechter and the author 		86
  GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE Le Pont Mirabeau
Translated from the French by Elisabeth B. Leete 		90
  MARCEL BOURQUIN A Love Letter
Translated from the French by Elisabeth B. Leete 		92
  MARGARETA EKSTRÖM The Gate of Night
Translated from the Swedish by Eva Claeson 		94
  BARBRO DAHLIN When You Have Gone
Wintering
Rest Home
Translated from the Swedish by Eva Claeson 		96
98
100
  BODIL MALMSTEN Behind Town Center
A Man Came
Translated from the Swedish by Eva Claeson 		102
104
  RIKA LESSER Gunnar Ekelöf's "Helvetes-Brueghel" 106

 

REVIEWS

 
  MELINDA KENNEDY Two Worlds Walking 112
  DAVID BALL La Grande Pointe 113

 

REFLECTIONS

 
  MELINDA KENNEDY The Tower of Babel 116

 

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