Showing posts with label Kordian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kordian. Show all posts

Saturday, February 27, 2010

"Kordian"


Another one of my favorite lines, taken from Polish playwright Juliusz Slowacki's play, Kordian.

The original goes:

Hundred desires within me,
Hundred of thoughts,
Hundred of wilted leaves.

And Jiang's version is:

Thousand desires within me,
Thousand of thoughts,
Thousand of wilted leaves.