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.
| 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 Lambada 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 |
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| Cesare Pavese | A Generation Green Wood The Voice Translated from the Italian by Melinda Kennedy |
58 60 62 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Eugenio de Andrade | Fresh Heart Aubade In Profile Mirror Translated from the Portuguese by Alexis Levitin |
80 80 80 82 |
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| Carmen Magallanos | Seven Poems Translated from the Spanish by Maria 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 |
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| Bodil Malmsten | Behind Town Center A Man Came Translated from the Swedish by Eva Claeson |
102 104 |
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| 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 |
