Frases de Qu Yuan

Qu Yuan [1][2][3] fue un poeta chino del sur del Estado de Chu durante el periodo de los Reinos Combatientes. Su obra se encuentra principalmente recopilada en una antología poética denominada Elegías de Chu. Fue el primer poeta chino importante en la historia de la literatura del país. Wikipedia

✵ 343 a.C. – 278 a.C.

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Qu Yuan: Frases en inglés

“How well I know that loyalty brings disaster.”

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Fuente: "Encountering Sorrow" (trans. David Hawkes), Line 21

“For the world is impure and envious of the able,
And eager to hide men's good and make much of their ill.”

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Fuente: "Encountering Sorrow" (trans. David Hawkes), Line 127

“The muddy, impure world, so undiscriminating,
Seeks always to hide beauty, out of jealousy.”

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Fuente: "Encountering Sorrow" (trans. David Hawkes), Line 107

“Enough! There are no true men in the state: no one to understand me.
Why should I cleave to the city of my birth?
Since none is worthy to work with in making good government,
I will go and join Peng Xian in the place where he abides.”

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Fuente: "Encountering Sorrow" (trans. David Hawkes), Lines 186–188

“O Soul go not to the West
Where level wastes of sand stretch on and on;
And demons rage, swine-headed, hairy-skinned,
With bulging eyes;
Who in wild laughter gnash projecting fangs.
O Soul go not to the West
Where many perils wait!”

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Fuente: "The Great Summons" (trans. Arthur Waley), Lines 27–33

“The fools enjoy their careless pleasure,
But their way is dark and leads to danger.”

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Fuente: "Encountering Sorrow" (trans. David Hawkes), Line 17

“O Soul come back to watch the birds in flight!
He who has found such manifold delights
Shall feel his cheeks aglow
And the blood-spirit dancing through his limbs.”

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Fuente: "The Great Summons" (trans. Arthur Waley), Lines 144–147