Famous Dir Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Dir poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous dir poems. These examples illustrate what a famous dir poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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Ich habe dich nie je so geliebt..

...[Original]

Ich habe dich nie je so geliebt, ma soeur
Als wie ich fortging von dir in jenem Abendrot.
Der Wald schluckte mich, der blaue Wald, ma soeur
Über dem immer schon die bleichen Gestirne im Westen standen.

Ich lachte kein klein wenig, gar nicht, ma soeur
Der ich spielend dunklem Schicksal entgegenging --
Während schon die Gesichter hinter mir
Langsam im Abend des blauen Walds verbla?ten.

Alles war schön an diesem einzigen Abe...Read more of this...
by Brecht, Bertolt


Inferno (Italian)

...Alighieri INFERNO


Inferno: Canto I



 Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita

mi ritrovai per una selva oscura

ch? la diritta via era smarrita.

 Ahi quanto a dir qual era ? cosa dura

esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte

che nel pensier rinova la paura!

 Tant'? amara che poco ? pi? morte;

ma per trattar del ben ch'i' vi trovai,

dir? de l'altre cose ch'i' v'ho scorte.

 Io non so ben ridir com'i' v'intrai,

tant'era pien di sonno a quel punto

che la verace via abbandon...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Inferno Canto 01

...Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura
ch? la diritta via era smarrita .

When I had journeyed half of our life's way,
I found myself within a shadowed forest,
for I had lost the path that does not stray.


Ahi quanto a dir qual era ? cosa dura
esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte
che nel pensier rinova la paura !

Ah, it is hard to speak of what it was,
that savage forest, dense and difficult,
which ev...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Inferno Canto02

...le, 
since in the empyrean heaven he was chosen 
to father honored Rome and her empire; 


la quale e 'l quale, a voler dir lo vero, 
fu stabilita per lo loco santo 
u' siede il successor del maggior Piero . 

and if the truth be told, Rome and her realm 
were destined to become the sacred place, 
the seat of the successor of great Peter. 


Per quest'andata onde li dai tu vanto, 
intese cose che furon cagione 
di sua vittoria e del papale ammanto . 

And through the journey ...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Inferno Canto03

...of Acheron, 
then all these matters will be plain to you." 


Allor con li occhi vergognosi e bassi, 
temendo no 'l mio dir li fosse grave, 
infino al fiume del parlar mi trassi . 

At that, with eyes ashamed, downcast, and fearing 
that what I said had given him offense, 
I did not speak until we reached the river. 


Ed ecco verso noi venir per nave 
un vecchio, bianco per antico pelo, 
gridando: «Guai a voi, anime prave ! 

And here, advancing toward us, in a boat, 
an age...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante


Monna Innominata: A Sonnet of Sonnets

...se;
A little while, and life reborn annuls
Loss and decay and death, and all is love. 


11 

Vien dietro a me e lascia dir le genti. - Dante
Contando i casi della vita nostra. - Petrarca

Many in aftertimes will say of you
"He lov'd her"--while of me what will they say?
Not that I lov'd you more than just in play,
For fashion's sake as idle women do.
Even let them prate; who know not what we knew
Of love and parting in exceeding pain,
Of parting hopeless here to meet again,
...Read more of this...
by Rossetti, Christina

Paradiso (Italian)

...penetra, e risplende
in una parte pi? e meno altrove.
 Nel ciel che pi? de la sua luce prende
fu' io, e vidi cose che ridire
n? sa n? pu? chi di l? s? discende;
 perch? appressando s? al suo disire,
nostro intelletto si profonda tanto,
che dietro la memoria non pu? ire.
 Veramente quant'io del regno santo
ne la mia mente potei far tesoro,
sar? ora materia del mio canto.
 O buono Appollo, a l'ultimo lavoro
fammi del tuo valor s? fatto vaso,
come dimandi a dar l'amato alloro.
 ...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Purgatorio (Italian)

...la gente ria;
e ora intendo mostrar quelli spirti
che purgan sé sotto la tua balìa.
 Com'io l'ho tratto, saria lungo a dirti;
de l'alto scende virtù che m'aiuta
conducerlo a vederti e a udirti.
 Or ti piaccia gradir la sua venuta:
libertà va cercando, ch'è sì cara,
come sa chi per lei vita rifiuta.
 Tu 'l sai, ché non ti fu per lei amara
in Utica la morte, ove lasciasti
la vesta ch'al gran dì sarà sì chiara.
 Non son li editti etterni per noi guasti,
ché questi vive, e Minòs...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Sonnet 03: Canzone

...ati ad hor, ad hor a la tua chioma 
L'immortal guiderdon d 'eterne frondi
Perche alle spalle tue soverchia soma?
Canzon dirotti, e tu per me rispondi
Dice mia Donna, e'l suo dir, e il mio cuore
Questa e lingua di cui si vanta Amore....Read more of this...
by Milton, John

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