Lange Poems

Medieval Poetry Translations VIII by Michael R Burch

...These are English translations of Medieval poems written in Old English.



The Battle of Maldon
anonymous Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem, circa 991 AD or later
translation by Michael R. Burch
 ...

A Few Senryu

...They've Gone

Your children are dead.
Go now and lay down your head.
They've fled, it is said.


Second Time

You have for so long
Reached out for that second one -
But grab ...

Sather Rilly

...Do jumbs not wordle?
I so six up all my mounds.
Strife can be so lange!

(January 2022)...

New Year Poems I

...New Year Poetry

Auld Lange Syne
by Robert Burns
translation by Michael R. Burch 

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And days f...

Robert Burns Translation: Auld Lang Syne

...Auld Lange Syne
by Robert Burns
modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
...

Robert Burns Translations

...A Red, Red Rose
by Robert Burns
modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
 
Oh, my love is like a red, red rose
that's newly sprung in June
and my love is like the melody
t...

In Prays of Legal Tender

...Preface:
Aye do attest
that poetry may not be best
to express whoosh to chest

git a lee till bitta chump change
boot an overpowering literary force
   to pocket earning for a grange
(hmm...w...

Lost Lover

...Your love is lost
Your word descended from the pits of starvation 
Emotionally, for a month I resided in your arms like an orphan 
Stayed by your side 
Rested under your feet
Nana instead of usi...

Einsamkeit Von Satis Shroff

...EINSAMKEIT von Satis Shroff

Die Dame mit den silbernen Haaren
sitzt vor ihrem Wohnungseingang
Und denkt über ihr Leben nach.
Ihre Tochter Androula ist wohlauf in Deutschland,
Ihr Sohn Janis le...

The Lunatic Is On the Grass

...Unknowingly unable again to ever feel
As I stand gazing at the gates of dawn
Arnold Lange in evening heels
Awkwardly walking across the lifeless lawn
The pipers playing softly in the rays of a ne...

Im Zoo

...Klare Luft und frisch gefallenen Schnee
Die Sonne sitzen kalt in den Himmel
Fiel über das Land
Ewig
Schattenwurf lange auf der Straße
Tief in die Nacht
Berühren alle Tiere
Am Bronx Zoo...

Ich Liebe Berge

...Berge riesig und stark,
Gottes liebe und Kraft schutz einem,
Sonne strahlt lieblich und schoen,
Dann will ich wandern gehen mit einem lieben Mann,
Zusammen mit Gott und verewigt,
Ein Picnic auf ...

Die Lewens Gang

...Die Lewens gang 

So dwaal ek rond in die lewens gang 
vol van verlange en oral teen di mure 
hang potrete van herineringe. 

Die tyd het geloop sy eie loop 
geloop. Hy het ons mee gesleep en ...

Onset of Winter

...Wintereinbruch / Onset of Winter / Inicio del invierno  

Tage verschwimmen im Nebel.
Eisblumen malen Gesichter
an die Fenster 
und die Zeit steht still
wie eingefroren.
Lange schon verstummte...

Ringing In the New Year

...<                             raise your glass toast to thy new year
                               recant memories close and near
                               shed thy tears for beloved that die...

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