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Martial translations to modern English
by Michael R. Burch

These are modern English translations of Martial epigrams and poems, some with the original Latin.

You ask me why I've sent you no new verses?
There might be reverses.
—Martial, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

You ask me to recite my poems to you?
I know how you'll 'recite' them, if I do.
—Martial, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch


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Translations by Michael R. Burch
by Michael R. Burch

These are Michael R. Burch's modern English translations of poems written in Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Russian, Ukrainian, Tamil, Turkish and other languages.



TRANSLATIONS OF FRENCH POETRY



Ophélie (“Ophelia”), an Excerpt
by Arthur Rimbaud

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Best Poetry Translations of Michael R. Burch (IV)
by Michael R. Burch

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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Catullus Translations by Michael R. Burch
by Michael R. Burch

CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS

Catullus CI aka Carmina 101: “His Brother’s Burial”
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

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Through many lands and over many seas
I have journeyed, brother, to these wretched rites,
to this final acclamation of the dead ...
and to speak — however ineffectually — to your voiceless ashes

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Best Poetry Translations of Michael R. Burch (II)
by Michael R. Burch

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 ...


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Recent Latin Poems
Soy Mujer
by Kathleen Diaz

Soy Mujer

Soy Mujer con brazos fuertes
Con caderas que pueden crear vida
Con nariz de mi papá
Con labios de mi mami
Con cachetes que enseñan salud
Con arrugas de Felicidad y Vida ... Mi Vida

Con las palabras de ellos...

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Catullus Translations by Michael R. Burch
by Michael R. Burch

CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS

Catullus CI aka Carmina 101: “His Brother’s Burial”
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

1.
Through many lands and over many seas
I have journeyed, brother, to these wretched rites,
to this final acclamation of the dead ...
and to speak — however ineffectually — to your voiceless ashes

......

Continue reading
Best Poetry Translations of Michael R. Burch (IV)
by Michael R. Burch

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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Best Poetry Translations of Michael R. Burch (II)
by Michael R. Burch

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 ...


......

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Martial translations to modern English
by Michael R. Burch

These are modern English translations of Martial epigrams and poems, some with the original Latin.

You ask me why I've sent you no new verses?
There might be reverses.
—Martial, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

You ask me to recite my poems to you?
I know how you'll 'recite' them, if I do.
—Martial, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch


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