These are modern English translations of ancient Chinese, ancient Egyptian, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Old English, Polish, Scots Dialect, Urdu and Uyghur poems by Antipater of Sidon, Basho, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Celan, Fukuda Chiyo-ni, Po Chu-I, Dante, Deor, William Dunbar, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Veronica Franco, Mirza Ghalib, Hadrian, Heinrich Heine, Huang E, Sui Hui, Xu Hui, Issa, Allama Iqbal, Primo Levi, Li Qingzhao, Sophocles, Hisajo Sugita, Wladyslaw Szlengel, Perhat Tursun, Tzu Yeh, the Duke of Zhou, and other poets....
HEINRICH HEINE
Heinrich Heine is widely considered to be a major German poet.
The Seas Have Their Pearls
by Heinrich Heine
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Veronica Franco (1546-1591) was a Venetian courtesan who wrote literary-quality poetry and prose.
A Courtesan's Love Lyric (I)
by Veronica Franco
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
My rewards will be commensurate with your gifts
if only you give me the one that lifts
me laughing ...
......
These are modern English translations of ancient Chinese, ancient Egyptian, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Old English, Polish, Scots Dialect, Urdu and Uyghur poems by Antipater of Sidon, Basho, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Celan, Fukuda Chiyo-ni, Po Chu-I, Dante, Deor, William Dunbar, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Veronica Franco, Mirza Ghalib, Hadrian, Heinrich Heine, Huang E, Sui Hui, Xu Hui, Issa, Allama Iqbal, Primo Levi, Li Qingzhao, Sophocles, Hisajo Sugita, Wladyslaw Szlengel, Perhat Tursun, Tzu Yeh, the Duke of Zhou, and other poets....
HEINRICH HEINE
Heinrich Heine is widely considered to be a major German poet.
The Seas Have Their Pearls
by Heinrich Heine
......
Veronica Franco (1546-1591) was a Venetian courtesan who wrote literary-quality poetry and prose.
A Courtesan's Love Lyric (I)
by Veronica Franco
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
My rewards will be commensurate with your gifts
if only you give me the one that lifts
me laughing ...
......