[Dimitris Tsaloumas]. The Observatory: Selected Poems of Dimitris Tsaloumas. Translated by Philip Grundy. Second edition. [St Lucia, Queensland, Australia]: University of Queensland Press, 1984. xv, 169 [+ 6] p. Bilingual edition. <Poems>

ISBN 0702217662; 0702217654 pbk

Most of the translations are by Philip Grundy. If otherwise, the translators' names are indicated herein: Margaret Carroll and the author.

A selection from First Series of Observations of a Hypochondriac (Παρατηρήσεις υποχονδριακού): 1-2, 5-6 (pp. 2-3), 7-10 (pp. 4-5), 15-16 (pp. 6-7). "The Observatory" (pp. 8-11); "The Forgotten Message" (pp. 12-13); "Hesperides" (pp. 14-15); "Alexander the Great", tr. Margaret Carroll (pp. 16-19); "Elegy", tr. Dimitris Tsaloumas (pp. 20-21); "Wilderness" (pp. 22-23); "Text and Commentary" (pp. 24-29); "Beauty and the Forgotten One" (pp. 30-31); "The Green Ants" (pp. 32-39); "The Voice", tr. Dimitris Tsaloumas (pp. 40-41); "Advice", tr. Margaret Carroll (pp. 42-43); "My Darling Son" (pp. 44-45); "The Conflagration", tr. Margaret Carroll (pp. 46-51); "Cyprus Eve", tr. Dimitris Tsaloumas (pp. 52-55); "Xin Qi-Ji", tr. Dimitris Tsaloumas (pp. 56-57); "Morning Lullaby for a Sick Child" (pp. 58-61); "St. Francis and the Bird" (pp. 62-63); "The Sick Barber" (pp. 64-75); "An Overseer's Letter" (pp. 76-79); "The Visit" (pp. 80-83); "The Comforter" (pp. 84-87); "Thanksgiving" (pp. 88-89); "The Loss" (pp. 90-91); "A Roman General's Letter" (pp. 92-95).

From A Rhapsody of Old Men (Μια Ραψωδία γερόντων): "First Poem" (pp. 96-97); "Third Poem" (pp. 98-99); "Seventh Poem", tr. Margaret Carroll (pp. 100-103); "Eighth Poem" (pp. 102-103); "Eleventh Poem" (pp. 104-105); "Twelfth Poem" (pp. 106-107).

"Thirty Poems from The Book of Epigrams" (Το βιβλίο των επιγραμμάτων): "To the Reader" (pp. 110-111); "Nocturne" (pp. 112-113); "Prodigal" (pp. 114-115); "Rain" (pp. 116-117); "Prodigal II" (pp. 118-119); "The Chill-Room" (pp. 120-121); "Lazarus" (pp. 122-123); "Message" (pp. 124-125); "The Prankster" (pp. 126-127); "Elections" (pp. 128-129); "Visiting" (pp. 130-131); "Promise" (pp. 132-133); "The Return" (pp. 134-135); "The Pale Knight" (pp. 136-137); "The Panoply" (pp. 138-139); "The Courier of Souls" (pp. 140-141); "Instead of a Prayer" (pp. 142-143); "Note" (pp. 144-145); "The Cranes" (pp. 146-147); "Televised Message of Comfort" (pp. 148-149); "The Tower" (pp. 150-151); "Worship" (pp. 152-153); "The Suspect" (pp. 154-155); "Flight" (pp. 156-157); "The Holy Inquisition" (pp. 158-159); "Consolation" (pp. 160-161); "The Approval" (pp. 162-163); "Antigone" (pp. 164-165); "To the Reader II" (pp. 166-167); "Advice" (pp. 168-169).

Notes by the poet (pp. [171]-[175]).

Third ed. under the title: The Observatory. Selected poems in Greek with English translation chiefly by Philip Grundy. St Lucia, Queensland, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1991. xvi, 205 p. Bilingual edition.