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“ ‘The Waistband of Hermione’ by Asklepiades of Samos,” from Greek Lyric Poetry: A New Translation, translated by Sherod Santos. Copyright © 2005 by Sherod Santos. Reprinted by permission of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
“ ‘The Jewel Stairs’ Grievance’ by Li Po” by Ezra Pound, from Translations. Copyright © 1963 by Ezra Pound. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.
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INDEX OF TITLES AND FIRST LINES
Page numbers refer to the print edition but are hyperlinked to the appropriate location in the e-book.
Titles are listed in italic type and first lines in roman.
A cheerless wife, relatives struck by misfortune, 40
A cool breeze blows after the heavy downpour, 99
Adoration of Woman, 49
A hundred times I’ve told you gently, 78
Alba, 73
All Eyes on the Door, 71
All for Love, 61
A Lover’s Welcome, 9
A Lover’s Word, 35
An Actor in a Farce, 80
A Needle, 37
An Invitation, 20
A poor man hurries to the cremation ground, 27
As he approached the bed, the knot gave way on its own, 97
As she lifts her slender arm to pull on the rope, 84
A Taste of Ambrosia, 4
At dusk, the traveler huddles near a bonfire, 42
At first she pleads with me, 45
At the Cremation Ground, 27
At times he opens his eyes wide, 93
Aubade, 17
A woman’s necklace of pearls broke while making love, 55
A Woman Wronged, 16
A Word of Advice, 98
Between him and the woman he loves, 89
Bite Marks, 59
Bitter Harvest, 57
Blessed Sleep, 68
Blot out the dark night with brushes heavy with ink, 82
Blow Out the Lamp, 81
Come now, unwind yourself, 73
Complaint, 95
Contentment, 51
Desire Alone, 48
Did grammar ever feed the hungry, 75
Don’t Go, 78
Driven by Passion, 87
Drumbeats, 62
Elementary Arithmetic, 55
Far from Home, 99
Fear of Death, 47
Feeble of voice and body, 80
Feigning Sleep, 12
Flight of the Deer, 66
Fool! Why didn’t I caress my lord’s neck, 10
Foolish Heart, 40
Fortunate is the lover who helps his mistress, 28
Fortunate is the man whose woman, 87
Furtive Lovemaking, 74
“Girl, you be the lover, I’ll be the loved one,” 32
Girl Drawing Water from a Well, 84
Hair, 24
Having thrown your shawl on the grass, 91
He can’t stand well water, the child’s father, 96
He is back from his travels in the endless desert, 70
Her Face, 82
He’s broken the pledge, banished me, 8
Hidden Fingernail Marks, 79
Hips, 46
Hollow Pleasures, 94
How fortunate you are, my friends, 95
How our bodies were as one before, 57
Hurriedly, she threw my silk cloth over her loins, 1
I, Yamī, am overcome by love for Yama, 18
If I could get her to sleep with me just once, 64
If I could still see her at day’s end, 61
If just looking at the woman is not enough, 94
In a Corner of the Village Shrine, 42
In a Hundred Places, 3
Indra’s Heaven, 64
In Her Direction, 89
In Life After Life, 60
In the morning when friends press her, 79
In this shallow fickle world, 43
I still remember her coy sidelong looks, 59
I still remember her eyes, 60
It would be unlucky if I say, “Don’t go,” 22
I wear no bracelet, 38
Jewels, 30
Just a glimpse of her blows his mind away, 14
Just as she blossoms into a charming woman, 39
Like the Wheels of a Chariot, 18
Lovers’ Quarrel, 7
Man’s Life, 52
Man’s life span is a hundred years, 52
Miserable and unwilling to talk, 7
My aged mother sleeps here, and over there, 83
My face is etched in sorrow, 13
My face is lined with wrinkles, 48
My husband’s away on business, 21
My husband is the same man who stole my virginity, 86
No, my husband isn’t stupid, 35
No, she didn’t slam the door in his face, 16
No one walks ahead; no one follows behind, 63
Nothing compares, even remotely, 74
Nothing turns on a hot-assed woman more, 65
Old Age, 53
On a Rainy Day, 28
Once he had peeled my clothes off, 90
Once her lover departed, the bed vanished from the house, 71
Once untied my woman’s hair tumbles down, 24
One who looks does not see the word, 19
On merely hearing his name, 11
On the Grass, 91
Pincers, 5
Poets’ Excesses, 44
Poring Over a Book, 93
Regret, 10
Remorse, 13
Scent, 76
Scrambling Out of the Water, 58
Sea of Shame, 90
Seeing t
hat she was unattended in the bedroom, 12
She Doesn’t Let Go of Her Pride, 33
She hung a broad festoon above the door, 9
She Protests Too Much, 32
She shakes off the fresh drops of water, 58
She turns aside his eyes, 33
She was startled when he bit her lower lip, 4
Silly girl, you go to meet your lover, 62
Smudged here with betel juice, burnished there, 15
Stonehearted, 11
Stop Being Willful, 77
Stop fretting about the girl being young and fragile, 98
Such Innocent Moves, 67
Supreme Bliss, 41
Surely her face is not the full moon, 44
Take pity on me, Blessed Sleep, 68
Thank Offering, 26
That’s How I Saw Her, 1
The Art of Poetry, 75
The Bed, 97
“The bed is rough and itchy, my love,” 5
The Bride, 6
The Camel, 70
The cloth around her hips slipped, 30
The craving for pleasure is gone, 47
The Creaking Bed, 31
The Critic Scorned, 56
The day was almost over; darkness had fallen, 85
The Devoted Wife, 22
The earth, his bed, 51
The Empty Road, 85
The Essence of Poetry, 92
The essence of poetry, 92
The fever of passion spent but nipples still erect, 17
The Hawk, 36
The Kingdom’s Happiness, 23
The Lamp, 69
The Love Game, 45
The moment my fingers touch her girdle, 67
The moment young women notice, 54
Then and Now, 86
The night is almost over, love, 77
The night was far gone, 31
The Pledge, 8
The Poet Speaks to the King, 50
The Red Seal, 72
The rich are excited by the coming of winter, 29
The Riverbank, 96
The river overflowing its banks fills my heart with delight, 100
The Scholar’s Life, 39
The Sheets, 15
The sky, my cloth; the hollow of my hand, my bowl, 41
The Smart Girl, 88
The Traveler, 21
The Way, 63
The Ways of Love, 34
The Word, 19
This much I know: I trembled like a vine, 25
Those lumps of flesh, her breasts, 49
Those who have contempt for my work, 56
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