"Silence reigned"
Offill, El-Salahi, Dickinson, Carson, Buson, Parra, Borowski
Jenny Offill:
Ibrahim El-Salahi (trans. from Arabic by Mustafa Adam and Adil Ibrahim Babikir):
Silence reigned/Silence reigned/Silence reigned/Silence reigned/Silence reigned/Silence reigned/Silence reigned/Silence reigned//When the body split from the soul/When the body split from the soul/When the body split from the soul
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Emily Dickinson:
Anne Carson:
Yosa Buson (trans. from Japanese by Robert Hass):
Nicanor Parra (trans. from Spanish by David Unger):
Tadeusz Borowski (trans. from Polish from Barbara Vedder):
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