Translating poems

Easy? Or the most difficult type of translation? Famous translator of Russian and Turkish poems into Engish, Richard McKane, says "Translating poems, too, is writing poetry and doing a translation takes many more hours than crafting a poem -- it is a question of control."

Do you agree? Any advice/experience on translating poems.

Read the rest of my review on McKane's work in today's edition of the Sunday Zaman newspaper by clicking: http://www.sundayszaman.com/sunday/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=...