Poems about translation

• The Conquerors - after Jose Maria Heredia les Conquerants

  Each night they slept in hope of epic quest,
  the tropic seas’ soft phosphorescent blues
  cast spells on golden dreams, - a siren muse -

  by Jonathan ROBIN 17 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 19 6:29 PM. In Sonnet, Society, Translation. Reward
• Billie Holiday

  This is a very free translation of a poem orignally written in Irish by Gabriel Rosenstock. The original is as follows:
  

  by Bad Bill 37 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 30 9:55 AM. In Translation, Sad, Tribute
• The doomsayer (Translation)

  by LittleAnn 25 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 19 1:39 PM. In Translation, Life, Humor
• Lovesick after Pierre RONSARD - Sonnets pour Hélène I xxxv

  Real love symbolic is, as pomegranate’s spill -
  Jointly their seeds sufficient strength retain,
  Rhyme, reason elsewhere you would seek i

  by Jonathan ROBIN 17 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 20 7:46 AM. In Love, Sonnet, Translation, French, Acrostic. Reward
• I Am The Animal

  Creature,
  Lurking in the dark.

  by xXDarkChildXx 10 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 18 1:24 PM. In animal, different, odd, music, video, translation, interesting
• La Marseillaise (Translation in progress)

  by Mairi bheag 47 lines, 23 comments, on Jul 18 5:01 AM. In Revolutionary, Translation
• Sauna and Coitus (my translation from Bertolt Brecht)

  by ea 40 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 25 2:09 AM. In adult, erotica, translation
• About the Seduction of an Angel (my translation from the original German sonnet by Bertolt Brecht)

  by ea 34 lines, 15 comments, on Jun 21 3:24 AM. In translation, adult, erotica
• william the stolen

  by hiraeth 26 lines, 5 comments, on May 21 10:51 PM. In translation, french, spanish
• To a Child Dancing in the Wind - Translation William Butler Yeats

  Dansez près du rivage,
  pourquoi se soucier
  du vent, des flots, ou du bruitage

  by Jonathan ROBIN 18 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 24 2:50 PM 2007. In Translation. Reward
• sahara

  we lose our eyes in the sleepless sands.

  by hiraeth 27 lines, 33 comments, on Oct 14 10:49 AM 2007. In spanish, translation, desolation
• amanecer

  al umbral del firmamento espero, callejones debajo los pies.

  by hiraeth 7 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 24 1:45 PM 2007. In contest, spanish, translation
• la vieille aiere et hijo

  tengo un gran chanson pour toi, un gran chanson de ma vie...

  by hiraeth 81 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 23 10:15 PM 2007. In multilingual, dialogue, translation
• The Goatherd - Translation Le Chevrier - José-Maria de Heredia 1803_1839

  O Shepherd do not follow down the steep
  ravine the sprightly leaps of that wild buck.

  by Jonathan ROBIN 29 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 13 2:25 PM 2007. In Translation, Sonnet, Nature
• Croesus - after EURIPIDES

  Were I as Croesus rich,
  of this vast Earth the lord,

  by Jonathan ROBIN 60 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 13 12:46 PM 2007. In Society, Time, Life, Translation
• Butterfly - Translation Alphonse de LAMARTINE – Le Papillon

  As born with Spring, with roses born away,
  Breasting breeze’s wing to swing on high,

  by Jonathan ROBIN 22 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 13 12:28 PM 2007. In Translation, Nature, Acrostic, Sonnet. Reward
• Those lurking in the dark

  I heard the weeping of a boy Silently mourning thousand names

  by fleur-de-lys 37 lines, on Aug 11 6:35 PM 2007. In lyrics, nightmare, fairytale, legend, dark, translation
• Truth

  (Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer) (Ca. 1343~1400)
  (Modern English translation by ~RJ~) (2007)

  by Rj 84 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 20 4:53 AM 2007. In Translation, Life, Society, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Sa’adi’s Roses - Translation Marceline Desbordes-Valmore – Les Roses de Sa’adi

  This morning I wanted some roses to bring
  but so many I took that they buckled the spring,

  by Jonathan ROBIN 18 lines, on Feb 4 5:07 AM 2007. In Nature, Translation
• Nocturne Translation Charles CROS

  Shivering leaves and starry sky,
  my love has left while here I sigh

  by Jonathan ROBIN 140 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 4 2:31 AM 2007. In Death, Time, Translation
• Mother Tongue Wrung - Exeter Book Riddle - Translation - Parody

  A gourmand moth by night, unheard, had guzzled
  the words by day enlightened man might write.
  That God should tolerate their fate I’m puzz

  by Jonathan ROBIN 30 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 4 12:50 AM 2007. In Other, Translation, Parody, Humor
• Familiar Dream - Translation Paul VERLAINE – Mon Rêve Familier

  I often have some strange and striking dreams about an unknown girl, of love we share, each time the same, each time a different air
  

  by Jonathan ROBIN 80 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 3 11:06 PM 2007. In Love, Translation
• The Olive Tree - Translation Joachim du BELLAY - L'Olivier

  If Life is less than one day’s passing sigh within eternity, and if the year too soon revolved, may never reappear,
  
  too soon revolved, m

  by Jonathan ROBIN 36 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 3 10:59 PM 2007. In Time, Translation, Life
• Felicity - Translation Pierre CORNEILLE - Félicité

  All Mankind’s felicity
  stays prey to instability,

  by Jonathan ROBIN 23 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 3 10:25 PM 2007. In Translation, Time, Life
• Epitaph - Translation Mathurin REGNIER - Epitaphe

  I lived ignoring care and weight
  drifted here, there, at easy gait,

  by Jonathan ROBIN 36 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 3 9:43 PM 2007. In Life, Translation
• Sonnets pour Hélène - Acrostic Sonnet Translations - Pierre de RONSARD

  So love me now despite my frosty hair,
  as I for you when old would always care.
  

  by Jonathan ROBIN 455 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 3 9:30 PM 2007. In Translation, Love
• Caught who Court Death - Translation Raymond Radiguet - Avec la Mort Tu te Maries

  in fount of Youth, to drown – what need ? On half-life echo, fippled reed, why haste with such ill gotten speed, last words repeating ? Thu

  by Jonathan ROBIN 93 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 3 8:48 PM 2007. In Translation, Sad, Life, French
• Harmonie du Soir - Translation Charles BAUDELAIRE Les Fleurs du Mal XVII

  Revealing perfumed calm and background sounds full fair
  In waltz-mode stately-sad and langour’s dizziness

  by Jonathan ROBIN 52 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 3 10:47 AM 2007. In Translation, Nature
• Happy he who like Ulysses - Parody Joachim du Bellay – Heureux qui comme Ulysse

  Happy he who like Ulysses has returned successful from his travels, or like he who sought the Golden Fleece, to rest well earned

  by Jonathan ROBIN 64 lines, on Feb 3 10:38 AM 2007. In Translation, Parody, Other, Humor, Sonnet, French
• *Be[a]st Year for Robin Lost among the Stars* - Translation Claude Roy

  Between two stars a robin found
  far had it flown, yet no surprise

  by Jonathan ROBIN 87 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 3 10:11 AM 2007. In Translation, Time

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