錢坤強譯的《身份(英文版)/閱讀中國五彩叢書》是中國具有重要**影響的**詩人吉狄馬加的抒情詩歌精選集。吉狄馬加是**的當代中國代表詩人，他的作品既有對大地和母親深情的歌唱，又有對生命和愛情的美妙歌吟。既有對中國文化包括彝族文化的全面繼承，又有對世界詩歌藝術傳統的廣采博收，這使得他的詩歌呈現出氣像萬千、大氣淋漓，既色彩繽紛，又直刺心靈的獨特的藝術魅力。讀他的詩歌，可以淨化靈魂，可以找到心靈的慰藉。其作品具有感人肺腑，催人淚下藝術力量，在當今詩壇極為罕見。在許多朗誦會上朗誦他的作品，令觀眾熱淚盈眶。

A Child’s Prayer
Monologue by a Huntsman’s Child
An Enduring Pledge
A Huntsman’s Trail
Yearning for Love
The Last Legend
Cup Made out of Eagle Claw
The Whistle of the River Deer
The Statue in the Land
Dusk
The Lugu Lake
The Duluohe Dance
Song for Mother
To the American Indians
Anticipation
The Shaluo River
Daji Shaluo, My Nativeland
If . . .
Waiting
The Hunting Rifle
Farewell to the Daliang Mountain
The Hound Sold and Betrayed
The Old Man and the Cuckoo
The Old Singer
An Old Man’s Ballad
The Native Hue
Suppose
The Hidden Head
Yellow is Always Beautiful
People May Ask . . .
I Want to Let You Know
Peacefulness
A Goat
The Stranger
To the Enemies of Salvatore Quasimodo
The Letter
A Day in Autumn
A Gypsy
Christ and the General
The Eyes of Autumn
The Words of Welcome from this World
The Last Drunkard
The Last Reef Rock
A Deer Turning Around
The Earthen Wall
Ode to the Indigenous Peoples
The Homeland of Georgia O’Keeffe
Looking Back on the th Century
Remembrances of Youth
Gratitude to the Earth