What an incredible collection. I loved the layout of the book with the poem in its original form on the left and the English translation on the right. I found this a very interesting book to read the same year that I read Babel, to contrast the theme of "translation as violence" with "translation as preservation". Of course, colonialism is a driving force for so many of these languages going extinct. I particularly loved the interstitial text describing the language, the culture, and the method of translation each poem underwent. The idea of a poem going through an intermediate language before getting to English and still managing to convey the original meaning is incredible. I also really appreciated the moments where the author pointed out something about the rhythm or rhyme of the original text and I was able to flip back and notice "oh yes all the lines DO rhyme, incredible!" Such a cool book, very glad I have it on my shelf.