- Anatomy of a Translation (step-by-step description of how I translated two particular stanzas from Nahuatl to English)
PUBLISHED TRANSLATIONS
From Vol. 8 of Newfound
From the April 2016 edition of Asymptote
From Axolotl I
- Songs of Mexico III, IV, XII and XIII
From the spring 2015 edition of Metamorphoses
- “A Cradlesong” (translation of “Cōzolcuīcatl,” Songs of Mexico LVII)
From Rattle #47 (March 2015: click here to read or listen to all three)
- “Deception” by Karai Senryū (translated from the Japanese)
- “Destination” by Karai Senryū (translated from the Japanese)
- “Tattoo” by Karai Senryū (translated from the Japanese)
In the on-line magazine Somos en escrito (Click on the link to read all three.)
- “A Chalcan Lordsong” (Ballads of the Lords of New Spain VIII)
- “The Grief of Xiuhtoztzin, a Witch Owl (Songs of Mexico LXXXVII-f )
- “An Old Man Song” (Songs of Mexico LXXXV-b)
From the Fall 2014 edition of Huizache
- “Where All Debts Are Paid” (translation of Songs of Mexico XVI)
From Parabola‘s online poetry site
- “Flower Song Convocation” (translation of Songs of Mexico XVII)
From Translation Review, Volume 88, Issue 1
- Translating “An Otomi Song of Spring” from the Nahuatl Codex Songs of Mexico
- Alternate source for article
From Eye to the Telescope, Issue 10
- Translation from Spanish of Alejandro Cabada Fernández’s “Ambrosia“
From BorderSenses, Issue 19
From Flower, Song, Dance: Aztec and Mayan Poetry
From the 2013 Pasta, Poetry & Vino Chapbook
UNPUBLISHED TRANSLATIONS
- Chinese
- Farsi
- French
- Greek
- Italian
- Japanese
- “Love in Ruins” by Ise
- “The Pledge” by Ukon
- “The Emperor’s Visit” by Sotōri
- “Split Melon” by Matsuo Bashō
- “Autumn Wind” by Matsuo Bashō
- “Final Journey” by Matsuo Bashō
- “Octopus Traps” by Matsuo Bashō
- “Lightning” by Matsuo Bashō
- “This Road” by Matsuo Bashō
- “Summer Grass” by Matsuo Bashō
- “Stillness” by Matsuo Bashō
- “The Way of Walking Alone” by Miyamoto Musashi
- “The Spirit of the Japanese” by Motoori Norinaga
- Bussokusekika #20
- “Dream People,” by Monk Sōgi
- “Moon” by Saiba
- “The Scarecrow” by Bonchō
- “Butterfly” by Saijō Yaso
- “Tomino’s Hell” by Saijō Yaso
- “River Willow” by Karai Senryū
- Latin
- Portuguese
- Spanish