Pound "In a Tube Station"

In a subway station

Text/Ezra Pound (USA)

Ezra Pound original text:

In a Station of the Metro

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;

Petals on a wet, black bough.

Various translations:

< p>1. At the subway station

The sudden appearance of these faces in the crowd;

The petals on the wet black tree.

(Luo Chi)

2. Underground station

The phantom face appearing in the crowd

Damp, black petals on the branches

(Zhong Kun)

3 ． Subway station

The phantoms of these faces in the crowd;

The petals on the damp, dark branches.

(Infant)

4． In a London Underground station

The apparitions of these faces in the crowd,

petals on a damp, black branch.

(Li Dewu)

5. Subway station

The flash of these faces in the crowd;

The petals on the wet black tree trunks.

(Zhao Yiheng)

6. At the subway station

These faces flashed like a phantom in the crowd;

The petals on the wet black branches were counted.

(Feibai)

7. Subway station

The faces that flicker in and out of the crowd,

The petals on the branches are dark and wet.

Also:

The appearance of these faces in the crowd;

The petals on the wet, dark branches.

(Qiu Xiaolong)

8. At a subway station

These faces appear ghostly in the crowd;

Many petals on wet black branches

Also: subway station

< p>These faces appear ghostly in the crowd;

The petals bloom on the wet black branches.

(Du Yunxie)

9. In the subway station

These faces appeared in the crowd;

The petals on the wet black branches.

(Zhang Ziqing)

10. At a subway station

These faces appeared in the crowd like phantoms;

A string of petals on a damp black branch.

(Jiang Feng)

　

11. At the subway station

These faces emerge from the crowd

The petals bloom on the wet black tree trunks

(Zheng Min)

12 . These faces suddenly appeared in the crowd;

The flowers were on a wet black branch.

(Liusha River)

13. The ghosts of these faces in the crowd;

The petals on the damp black branches.

(Peripheral vision)

14. Thousands of empty phantoms in the crowd;

Petals on a wet and black branch.

(Lov)

15. These faces emerge from the crowd;

Black branches with wet petals

(Yan Yuanshu)

16. The phantom of these faces in the crowd;

Petals on a wet tree root

(Lee Young-ho)

17. The sudden appearance of this beauty in this crowded crowd;

Like petals in the moisture, like dim branches

(Zhou Bonai)

18 . Phantom faces in the crowd

Petals on wet branches

(Zhang Wrong)

19. Subway station

The faces looming in the crowd,

The petals on the damp black branches.

(Qindi)