This verse translation has none of the convoluted sentences and archaic language found in many of the other translations. While it is clear, interesting, and easily read, this is not a dumbed-down version.
The translator, Allen Mandelbaum, is a poet, translator, and scholar, whose work has been well reviewed. The New York Times Book reviewer said of it: Not one of the 90 other English translations, verse or prose, is more literally accurate or as readable!
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