Java in the 14th Century, translated and edited by Theodore G. Th. Pigeaud, 1960
The Desawarnana of Mpu Prapañca, translated and edited by S.O. Robson, 1995
Blossoms of Longing: Ancient Verses of Love and Lament, translated from the Old Javanese by Thomas M. Hunter, 1998
From the Arjunawiwaha of Mpu Kanwa
If you in the next life are a hawk
I will be dark rainclouds,
that cling to the mountains they pass over,I will contemplate your tears
as you seek my mist,
watching intently from your perch
high on bare and leafless trees,When you are about to swoop down on me
I will take shelter
behind a waterfall,You will taste only my soft, moist spray;
so with the setting sun
I will take revenge for the hardness of your heart.
– from Blossoms of Longing: Ancient Verses of Love and Lament
translated from Old Javanese by Thomas M. Hunter
Diaspora and the Difficult Art of Dying, Sudesh Mishra, 2002
While researching my post on Dreams of a Rainbow I read a fair amount of poetry from around Polynesia (both to try to situate Kauraka’s poetry more firmly in the Polynesian tradition and figure out whether it was objectively mediocre or whether I was just missing something). This is a bit of a long one, so links after the jump.
Dreams of a Rainbow, Kauraka Kauraka, 1987
Vārua Tupu: New Writings from French Polynesia, Frank Stewart, Kareva Mateata-Allain, and Alexander Dale Mawyer, eds., 2006
My Country, Dorothea Mackellar, 1908
The Man from Snowy River, Banjo Paterson, 1890
While the Billy Boils, Henry Lawson, 1896
Around the World in 2000 Books 