Famous Tu Poems by Famous Poets

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About Tu Fu

...I met Tu Fu on a mountaintop
in August when the sun was hot.

Under the shade of his big straw hat
his face was sad--

in the years since we last parted,
he'd grown wan, exhausted.

Poor old Tu Fu, I thought then,
he must be agonizing over poetry again....Read more of this...
by Po, Li


Angel Or Demon

...
 ("Tu domines notre âge; ange ou démon, qu'importe!") 
 
 {I. vii.} 


 Angel or demon! thou,—whether of light 
 The minister, or darkness—still dost sway 
 This age of ours; thine eagle's soaring flight 
 Bears us, all breathless, after it away. 
 The eye that from thy presence fain would stray, 
 Shuns thee in vain; thy mighty shadow thrown 
 R...Read more of this...
by Hugo, Victor

Au Lecteur

...nt nos corps,
Et nous alimentons nos aimables remords,
Comme les mendiants nourrissent leur vermine. 
Nos péchés sont têtus, nos repentirs sont lâches;
Nous nous faisons payer grassement nos aveux,
Et nous rentrons gaiement dans le chemin bourbeux,
Croyant par de vils pleurs laver toutes nos taches.
Sur l'oreiller du mal c'est Satan Trismégiste
Qui berce longuement notre esprit enchanté,
Et le riche métal de notre volonté
Est tout vaporisé par ce savant chimiste.
C'est le Dia...Read more of this...
by Baudelaire, Charles

Christabel

...PART I

'Tis the middle of night by the castle clock
And the owls have awakened the crowing cock;
Tu-whit!- Tu-whoo!
And hark, again! the crowing cock,
How drowsily it crew.
Sir Leoline, the Baron rich,
Hath a toothless mastiff, which
From her kennel beneath the rock
Maketh answer to the clock,
Four for the quarters, and twelve for the hour;
Ever and aye, by shine and shower,
Sixteen short howls, not over loud;
Some say, she sees my lady's shro...Read more of this...
by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

El Poeta Y La Ilusion (The Poet And The Illusion)

...SpanishLa princesita hipsipilo, la vibrátil filigrana,—Princesita ojos turquesas esculpida en porcelana—Llamó una noche a mi puerta con sus manitas de lis.Vibró el cristal de su voz como una flauta galana.            —Yo sé que tu vida es gris.Yo tengo el alma de rosa, frescuras de flor temprana,            Vengo de un bello país            A ser tu musa y tu hermana!—Un abrazo de alabastro…luego en el clavel sonoroDe su boca, ...Read more of this...
by Agustini, Delmira


Elogio al Aprendizaje

...o!
Lo que no sepas tú mismo no lo conoces.
Examina los detalles a fondo;
eres tú él que paga las consequencias.
Pon tu dedo en cada detalle, pregunta: ¿Cómo llegó esto aqui?
Tienes que ser dirigente. ...Read more of this...
by Brecht, Bertolt

Inferno (Italian)

...he contra me venisse

con la test'alta e con rabbiosa fame,

s? che parea che l'aere ne tremesse.

 Ed una lupa, che di tutte brame

sembiava carca ne la sua magrezza,

e molte genti f? gi? viver grame,

 questa mi porse tanto di gravezza

con la paura ch'uscia di sua vista,

ch'io perdei la speranza de l'altezza.

 E qual ? quei che volontieri acquista,

e giugne 'l tempo che perder lo face,

che 'n tutt'i suoi pensier piange e s'attrista;

 tal mi fece la bestia sanza pace,...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Inferno Canto 01

...a
si volge a l'acqua perigliosa e guata ,

And just as he who, with exhausted breath,
having escaped from sea to shore, turns back
to watch the dangerous waters he has quit,


cos? l'animo mio, ch'ancor fuggiva,
si volse a retro a rimirar lo passo
che non lasci? gi? mai persona viva .

so did my spirit, still a fugitive,
turn back to look intently at the pass
that never has let any man survive.


Poi ch'?i posato un poco il corpo lasso,
ripresi via per la piaggia diserta,
s? ...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Inferno Canto02

...aking not, shall show. 


O muse, o alto ingegno, or m'aiutate; 
o mente che scrivesti ci? ch'io vidi, 
qui si parr? la tua nobilitate . 

O Muses, o high genius, help me now; 
o memory that set down what I saw, 
here shall your excellence reveal itself! 


Io cominciai: «Poeta che mi guidi, 
guarda la mia virt? s'ell'? possente, 
prima ch'a l'alto passo tu mi fidi . 

I started: "Poet, you who are my guide, 
see if the force in me is strong enough 
before you let me face tha...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Inferno Canto03

...eave behind all hesitation; 
here every cowardice must meet its death. 


Noi siam venuti al loco ov'i' t'ho detto 
che tu vedrai le genti dolorose 
c'hanno perduto il ben de l'intelletto ». 

For we have reached the place of which I spoke, 
where you will see the miserable people, 
those who have lost the good of the intellect." 


E poi che la sua mano a la mia puose 
con lieto volto, ond'io mi confortai, 
mi mise dentro a le segrete cose . 

And when, with gladness in his ...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Intima (Intimate)

...Spanish    Yo te diré los sueños de mi vidaEn lo más hondo de la noche azul…Mi alma desnuda temblará en tus manos,Sobre tus hombros pesará mi cruz.Las cumbres de la vida son tan solas,Tan solas y tan frías! Y encerréMis ansias en mí misma, y toda enteraComo una torre de marfil me alcé.Hoy abriré a tu alma el gran misterio;Tu alma es capaz de penetrar en mí.En el silencio hay vértigos de abismo:Yo vacilaba, me sostengo en ti.Muero de ensueños; beberé en tus fue...Read more of this...
by Agustini, Delmira

Le Gout du Néant

...de roideur;
Je contemple d'en haut le globe en sa rondeur,
Et je n'y cherche plus l'abri d'une cahute.
Avalanche, veux-tu m'emporter dans ta chute?...Read more of this...
by Baudelaire, Charles

Les pas

...s pas retenus !
Dieux !... tous les dons que je devine
Viennent à moi sur ces pieds nus ! 

Si, de tes lèvres avancées,
Tu prépares pour l'apaiser,
A l'habitant de mes pensées
La nourriture d'un baiser, 

Ne hâte pas cet acte tendre,
Douceur d'être et de n'être pas,
Car j'ai vécu de vous attendre,
Et mon coeur n'était que vos pas....Read more of this...
by Valery, Paul

My Lady

...na
vivió mi esperanza vana,
pues te pudo hacer humana
concibiéndote divina.

    ¡Oh, cuán loca llegué a verme
en tus dichosos amores,
que, aun fingidos, tus favroes
pudieron enloquecerme!

    ¡Oh, cómo, en tu sol hermoso
mi ardiente afecto encendido,
por cebarse en lo lucido,
olvidó lo peligroso!

    Perdona, si atrevimiento
fue atreverme a tu ardor puro;
que no hay sagrado seguro
de culpas de pensamiento.

    De esta manera engañaba
la loca esperanza...Read more of this...
by Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sor

Paradiso (Italian)

...LA DIVINA COMMEDIA
di Dante Alighieri
PARADISO



Paradiso: Canto I

 La gloria di colui che tutto move
per l'universo 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 t...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Phyllis

...el,
Filis, dio a mi pluma alientos:
que tan gloriosa desgracia
más causa corrió que miedo.

   Logros de errar por tu causa
fue de mi ambición el cebo;
donde es el riesgo apreciable
¿qué tanto valdrá el acierto?

   Permite, pues, a mi pluma
segundo arriesgado vuelo,
pues no es el primer delito
que le disculpa el ejemplo

   .....

    de ti, peregrina Filis?,
cuyo divino sujeto
se dio por merced al mundo,
se dio por ventaja al cielo;

    en cuyas divin...Read more of this...
by Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sor

Purgatorio (Italian)

...ch'io usci' fuor de l'aura morta
che m'avea contristati li occhi e 'l petto.
 Lo bel pianeto che d'amar conforta
faceva tutto rider l'oriente,
velando i Pesci ch'erano in sua scorta.
 I' mi volsi a man destra, e puosi mente
a l'altro polo, e vidi quattro stelle
non viste mai fuor ch'a la prima gente.
 Goder pareva 'l ciel di lor fiammelle:
oh settentrional vedovo sito,
poi che privato se' di mirar quelle!
 Com'io da loro sguardo fui partito,
un poco me volgendo a l 'altro pol...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

The Grandmother

...
 ("Dors-tu? mère de notre mère.") 
 
 {III., 1823.} 
 
 "To die—to sleep."—SHAKESPEARE. 


 Still asleep! We have been since the noon thus alone. 
 Oh, the hours we have ceased to number! 
 Wake, grandmother!—speechless say why thou art grown. 
 Then, thy lips are so cold!—the Madonna of stone 
 Is like thee in thy holy slumber. 
 We have watched the...Read more of this...
by Hugo, Victor

Three Songs For Mayday Morning

...of lilac blooming

Sixty years on I run and run

From death, from loss, from everyone.

Which are the paths I never ventured down,

Or would they, too, be vain?

O for the secret anima of Leeds girlhood

A thousand times better than snide attacks in the TLS

By ‘JC’. **** you, Jock, you should be ashamed,

Attacking Brenda Williams, who had a background

Worse than yours, an alcoholic schizophrenic father

And an Irish immigrant mother who died when Brenda was fifteen

But s...Read more of this...
by Tebb, Barry

Tu Boca (Your Mouth)

...vívido me voló en la mañana,Algún beso en la noche. Tenaz como una loca,Sequía mi divina labor sobre la roca.   Cuando tu voz que funde como sacra campanaEn la nota celeste la vibración humana,Tendió su lazo do oro al borde de tu boca;  —Maravilloso nido del vértigo, tu boca!Dos pétalos de rosa abrochando un abismo…—Labor, labor de gloria, dolorosa y liviana;¡Tela donde mi espíritu su fue tramando él mismo!Tú quedas en la testa soberbia de la roca,Y yo caigo, sin fin, en el ...Read more of this...
by Agustini, Delmira

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