Best Bai Poems

you ever heard of a Lao party?
might be one going on right now…
we Lao folks love that celebratin’
sifting through sunrise and slipping
through sunset we sing...

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Meer Bai (1498-1546) was a Hindu mystic, musician, poet, and saint. She was born to a royal house, but gave up all privilege to live...

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As legend has it, there lived Bai Balkhash, a rich man
In the North regions of the then Soviet Kazakhstan
Had a beautiful daughter Ili who was...

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Showering white light illuminates 
  Bright-Moon Bay;
   In the overlooking Moon-Inviting Pavilion,
 Li Bai had raised his twinkling, rich amber
Coloured wineglass
 ...

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Tonight I drink the ruby wine
of God’s sublime name
my rosewood mala dangling
alluringly over my fingers
each bead calling Him
each sip of His precious
name a holy grail
a...

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Tanka_tok-singsing

ai bilong nait

raunim poin, 			ikam, 	ikam

                 klostu tru nau

solwara...

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There is nothing greater than Hari Bhajan
We all bow before Hari and say - Hari Om Tashyat.

When the cup of venom was offered to Meera*
How...

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(inspired by the poetry of Li Bai)

Beer I sip from a can
Stars tremble in my telescope
Drunk, I rise to fetch another can
New stars have entered...

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In the middle of the night
My heart feels the most wonderful
Without the hustle and bustle of the day
Without the secular noisy
Thus, I can drink wine...

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Doi, Doi, Doi – Doiya, Babaa
Bai, Bai, Bai – Baiya, Babaa
Sleep, my darling – darling my baby
Has gone to moon – your Mom, my baby.

Doi,...

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Poems about Butterflies and Bees



Flight
by Michael R. Burch

It is the nature of loveliness to vanish
as butterfly wings, batting against nothingness
seek transcendence...



Album
by Michael R. Burch

I caress...

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Chinese Poets: English Translations

These are modern English translations of poems by some of the greatest Chinese poets of all time, including Du Fu, Huang O,...

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Chinese Translations III

Quiet Night Thoughts
by Li Bai aka Li Po
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Moonlight illuminates my bed
as frost brightens the ground.
Lifting my eyes, the...

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君不见黄河之水天上来，奔流到海不复回。
君不见高堂明镜悲白发，朝如青丝暮成雪。
人生得意须尽欢，莫使金樽空对月。
天生我材必有用，千金散尽还复来。
烹羊宰牛且为乐，会须一饮三百杯。
岑夫子，丹丘生，将进酒，杯莫停。
与君歌一曲，请君为我倾耳听。
钟鼓馔玉不足贵，但愿长醉不复醒。
古来圣贤皆寂寞，惟有饮者留其名。
陈王昔时宴平乐，斗酒十千恣欢谑。
主人何为言少钱，径须沽取对君酌。
五花马，千金裘，
呼儿将出换美酒，与尔同销万古愁。 

I am composing a translation of this poem by Li Bai.
The poem's essence translated into Latin is "Carpe Diem'
but aren't 90% of all poems...

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Mo-ji-bai Wom-ba-su-mi Smith,
Please, Lord, be true!
Whenever you reach out,
My heart just wants to shout!
For my
Mojibai Wombasumi Smith!
Da da da da da da da

Mojibai Wombasumi Smith,
Her...

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