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Back to Reading Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the verse translation by Simon Armitage

Self is reading three books at the moment: My Heart, by Semzedin Mehmehdinovic (which she is hugely enjoying — it’s her first ever book by a Bosnian writer); Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; and All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days, by Rebecca Donner (about Donner’s great-great-aunt, Mildred Harnack)

She reads according to her mood. This morning, the mood is verse:

The Green Knight:

I’m clothed for peace, not kitted out for conflict.
But if you’re half as honorable as I’ve heard folk say
you’ll gracefully grant me this game which I ask for
by right.

One thought on “Back to Reading Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the verse translation by Simon Armitage”

  1. Clothes wore not for peace only but for continuation of our civilization . Otherwise , prehistoric people , not wearing clothes , were always in conflict and collusion . Your poetry is nice and beautiful . Thanks !

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