Selected poems 1923-1967 [of] Jorge Luis Borges

"This new bilingual selection brings together some two hundred poems - the largest collection of Borges's poetry ever assembled in English, including scores of poems never previously translated. Edited by Alexander Coleman, the selection draws from a lifetime's work - from Borges's first published volume of verse, Fervor de Buenos Aires (1923), to his final work, Los conjurados, published just a year before his death in 1986. Throughout this unique collection the brilliance of the Spanish originals is matched by luminous English versions rendered by a remarkable cast of translators."--BOOK JACKET. "This new bilingual selection brings together some two hundred poems - the largest collection of Borges's poetry ever assembled in English, including scores of poems never previously translated. Edited by Alexander Coleman, the selection draws from a lifetime's work - from Borges's first published volume of verse, Fervor de Buenos Aires (1923), to his final work, Los conjurados, published just a year before his death in 1986. Throughout this unique collection the brilliance of the Spanish originals is matched by luminous English versions rendered by a remarkable cast of translators."--Jacket. Front Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 Publishing Information......Page 5 THE TRANSLATORS......Page 6 CONTENTS......Page 8 FOREWORD......Page 14 INTRODUCTION......Page 16 FERVOR OF BUENOS AIRES - 1923......Page 28 THE RECOLETA......Page 30 UNKNOWN STREET......Page 34 SEPULCHRAL INSCRIPTION......Page 36 PATIO......Page 38 EMPTY DRAWING ROOM......Page 40 ROSAS......Page 42 REMORSE FOR ANY DEATH......Page 46 INSCRIPTION ON ANY TOMB......Page 48 AFTERGLOW......Page 50 DAYBREAK......Page 52 AT THE BUTCHER’S......Page 56 PLAINNESS......Page 58 PARTING......Page 60 MOON ACROSS THE WAY - 1925......Page 62 ANTICIPATION OF LOVE......Page 64 GENERAL QUIROGA RIDES TO HIS DEATH IN A CARRIAGE......Page 66 MONTEVIDEO......Page 70 MANUSCRIPT FOUND IN A BOOK OF JOSEPH CONRAD......Page 72 DAKAR......Page 74 DULCIA LINQUIMUS ARVA......Page 76 HOUSES LIKE ANGELS......Page 80 MY WHOLE LIFE......Page 82 SUNSET OVER VILLA ORTUZAR......Page 84 SAN MARTIN COPYBOOK - 1929......Page 86 THE MYTHICAL FOUNDING OF BUENOS AIRES......Page 88 ISIDORO ACEVEDO......Page 92 DEATHWATCH ON THE SOUTHSIDE......Page 96 DEATHS OF BUENOS AIRES......Page 100 TO FRANCISCO LOPEZ MERINO......Page 108 THE SELF AND THE OTHER......Page 112 TWO ENGLISH POEMS......Page 114 THE CYCLICAL NIGHT......Page 118 CONJECTURAL POEM......Page 122 TO A MINOR POET OF THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY......Page 126 A PAGE TO COMMEMORATE COLONEL SUAREZ, VICTOR AT JUNIN......Page 128 MATTHEW XXV: 30......Page 132 THE DAGGER......Page 134 COMPASS......Page 136 A POET OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY......Page 138 A SOLDIER OF URBINA......Page 140 LIMITS......Page 142 A SAXON (A.D. 449)......Page 146 THE GOLEM......Page 150 POEM OF THE GIFTS......Page 156 CHESS......Page 160 ELVIRA DE ALVEAR......Page 164 SUSANA SOCA......Page 166 RAIN......Page 168 THE OTHER TIGER......Page 170 ALLUSION TO A SHADOW OF THE NINETIES......Page 174 ALLUSION TO THE DEATH OF COLONEL FRANCISCO BORGES (1833-1874)......Page 176 THE BORGES......Page 178 EMBARKING ON THE STUDY OF ANGLO-SAXON GRAMMAR......Page 180 LUKE XXIII......Page 182 ARS POETICA......Page 184 A ROSE AND MILTON......Page 188 TO ONE NO LONGER YOUNG......Page 190 ODYSSEY, BOOK TWENTY-THREE......Page 192 TO A MINOR POET OF 1899......Page 194 TEXAS......Page 196 POEM WRITTEN IN A COPY OF BEOWULF......Page 198 HENGEST CYNING......Page 200 FRAGMENT......Page 202 TO A SAXON POET......Page 204 SNORRI STURLUSON (1179-1241)......Page 208 TO CHARLES XII OF SWEDEN......Page 210 EMANUEL SWEDENBORG......Page 212 JONATHAN EDWARDS (1703-1758)......Page 214 EMERSON......Page 216 EDGAR ALLAN POE......Page 218 CAMDEN 1892......Page 220 PARIS 1856......Page 222 RAFAEL CANSINOS-ASSENS......Page 224 THE ENIGMAS......Page 226 TO MY READER......Page 228 SOMEONE......Page 230 EVERNESS......Page 234 EWIGKEIT......Page 236 OEDIPUS AND THE RIDDLE......Page 238 SPINOZA......Page 240 ADAM CAST FORTH......Page 242 TO A COIN......Page 244 ANOTHER POEM OF GIFTS......Page 246 ODE WRITTEN IN 1966......Page 252 LINES I MIGHT HAVE WRITTEN AND LOST AROUND 1922......Page 256 JUNIN......Page 258 A SOLDIER UNDER LEE (1862)......Page 260 THE SEA......Page 262 A MORNING OF 1649......Page 264 TO A SAXON POET......Page 266 THE LABYRINTH......Page 268 FOR THE GUITAR......Page 270 MILONGA OF THE TWO BROTHERS......Page 272 MILONGA OF ALBORNOZ......Page 276 MUSEUM......Page 280 QUATRAIN......Page 282 LIMITS (OR GOOD-BYES)......Page 284 THE POET TELLS OF HIS FAME......Page 286 THE GENEROUS ENEMY......Page 288 LE REGRET D’HERACLITE......Page 290 I: New and Unreprinted Poems......Page 294 II: Prose Pieces from El hacedor......Page 304 III: Prefaces and a Dedication......Page 316 IV: Supplement of 1969 Revisions......Page 331 NOTES......Page 336 CONTENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL EDITIONS OF BORGES’ POETRY......Page 360 INDEX OF SPANISH AND ENGLISH TITLES......Page 372 Front Cover 1 Title Page 4 Publishing Information 5 THE TRANSLATORS 6 CONTENTS 8 FOREWORD 14 INTRODUCTION 16 FERVOR OF BUENOS AIRES - 1923 28 THE RECOLETA 30 UNKNOWN STREET 34 SEPULCHRAL INSCRIPTION 36 PATIO 38 EMPTY DRAWING ROOM 40 ROSAS 42 REMORSE FOR ANY DEATH 46 INSCRIPTION ON ANY TOMB 48 AFTERGLOW 50 DAYBREAK 52 AT THE BUTCHER’S 56 PLAINNESS 58 PARTING 60 MOON ACROSS THE WAY - 1925 62 ANTICIPATION OF LOVE 64 GENERAL QUIROGA RIDES TO HIS DEATH IN A CARRIAGE 66 MONTEVIDEO 70 MANUSCRIPT FOUND IN A BOOK OF JOSEPH CONRAD 72 DAKAR 74 DULCIA LINQUIMUS ARVA 76 HOUSES LIKE ANGELS 80 MY WHOLE LIFE 82 SUNSET OVER VILLA ORTUZAR 84 SAN MARTIN COPYBOOK - 1929 86 THE MYTHICAL FOUNDING OF BUENOS AIRES 88 ISIDORO ACEVEDO 92 DEATHWATCH ON THE SOUTHSIDE 96 DEATHS OF BUENOS AIRES 100 TO FRANCISCO LOPEZ MERINO 108 THE SELF AND THE OTHER 112 TWO ENGLISH POEMS 114 THE CYCLICAL NIGHT 118 CONJECTURAL POEM 122 TO A MINOR POET OF THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY 126 A PAGE TO COMMEMORATE COLONEL SUAREZ, VICTOR AT JUNIN 128 MATTHEW XXV: 30 132 THE DAGGER 134 COMPASS 136 A POET OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY 138 A SOLDIER OF URBINA 140 LIMITS 142 A SAXON (A.D. 449) 146 THE GOLEM 150 POEM OF THE GIFTS 156 CHESS 160 ELVIRA DE ALVEAR 164 SUSANA SOCA 166 RAIN 168 THE OTHER TIGER 170 ALLUSION TO A SHADOW OF THE NINETIES 174 ALLUSION TO THE DEATH OF COLONEL FRANCISCO BORGES (1833-1874) 176 THE BORGES 178 EMBARKING ON THE STUDY OF ANGLO-SAXON GRAMMAR 180 LUKE XXIII 182 ARS POETICA 184 A ROSE AND MILTON 188 TO ONE NO LONGER YOUNG 190 ODYSSEY, BOOK TWENTY-THREE 192 TO A MINOR POET OF 1899 194 TEXAS 196 POEM WRITTEN IN A COPY OF BEOWULF 198 HENGEST CYNING 200 FRAGMENT 202 TO A SAXON POET 204 SNORRI STURLUSON (1179-1241) 208 TO CHARLES XII OF SWEDEN 210 EMANUEL SWEDENBORG 212 JONATHAN EDWARDS (1703-1758) 214 EMERSON 216 EDGAR ALLAN POE 218 CAMDEN 1892 220 PARIS 1856 222 RAFAEL CANSINOS-ASSENS 224 THE ENIGMAS 226 TO MY READER 228 SOMEONE 230 EVERNESS 234 EWIGKEIT 236 OEDIPUS AND THE RIDDLE 238 SPINOZA 240 ADAM CAST FORTH 242 TO A COIN 244 ANOTHER POEM OF GIFTS 246 ODE WRITTEN IN 1966 252 LINES I MIGHT HAVE WRITTEN AND LOST AROUND 1922 256 JUNIN 258 A SOLDIER UNDER LEE (1862) 260 THE SEA 262 A MORNING OF 1649 264 TO A SAXON POET 266 THE LABYRINTH 268 FOR THE GUITAR 270 MILONGA OF THE TWO BROTHERS 272 MILONGA OF ALBORNOZ 276 MUSEUM 280 QUATRAIN 282 LIMITS (OR GOOD-BYES) 284 THE POET TELLS OF HIS FAME 286 THE GENEROUS ENEMY 288 LE REGRET D’HERACLITE 290 APPENDICES 294 I: New and Unreprinted Poems 294 II: Prose Pieces from El hacedor 304 III: Prefaces and a Dedication 316 IV: Supplement of 1969 Revisions 331 NOTES 336 CONTENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL EDITIONS OF BORGES’ POETRY 360 INDEX OF SPANISH AND ENGLISH TITLES 372