Waldere modern English translation by Michael R Burch
WALDERE: MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
“Waldere” is an ancient Old English (i.e., Anglo-Saxon) poem that recounts the exploits of Walter of Aquitaine, a legendary king of the Visigoths. In the poem Waldere and Hildeguth or Hildegyth flee the court of Attila the Hun, where they were being held hostage, for Aquitaine. The poem mentions names that appear
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Categories:
modern english, courage, death, grave, heart,
Form: Free verse
King Alfred the Great modern English translations by Michael R Burch
KING ALFRED THE GREAT MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
King Alfred the Great (circa 849-899) was the first English king to be a notable scholar, poet and translator. Alfred has been credited with translating Latin works of Boethius into Old English (i.e., Anglo-Saxon English), although it is not known if he did the translations himself, assisted, or just
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Categories:
modern english, earth, rose, song, stars,
Form: Free verse
Alfred the Great modern English translations by Michael R Burch
KING ALFRED THE GREAT MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
King Alfred the Great (c. 849-899), arguably the first great king of England, may have done more to lay the groundwork for English literacy and literature than any other English monarch. And he was quite the scholar himself, although there is no consensus that the following translations were
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Categories:
modern english, england, leadership, literature, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Goethe and Schiller translations
These are modern English translations of the "Xenia" epigrams written in collaboration by the German poets Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller, plus an elegy Goethe wrote for Schiller...
These are selected XENIA epigrams with all translations by Michael R. Burch...
#2 - Verse versus Kiss
She says an epigram’s too terse
to reveal her tender heart in
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Categories:
modern english, beauty, desire, earth, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Gildas Translations
GILDAS TRANSLATIONS
These are modern English translations of Latin poems by the English monk Gildas Sapiens (“Gildas the Wise”).
“Alas! The nature of my complaint is the widespread destruction of all that was good, followed by the wild proliferation of evil throughout the land. Normally, I would grieve with my motherland in her travail and rejoice
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Categories:
modern english, christian, england, evil, god,
Form: Free verse
The Ruin In a Modern English Translation
THE RUIN
an Old English poem about fate & destiny
modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
well-hewn was this wall-stone, till Wyrdes wrecked it
and the Colossus sagged inward...
broad battlements broken;
the Builders' work battered;
the high ramparts toppled;
tall towers collapsed;
the great roof-beams shattered;
gates groaning, agape...
mortar mottled and marred by scarring hoar-frosts,
the Giants’ dauntless strongholds decaying with age...
shattered, the
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Categories:
modern english, destiny, eulogy, fate, gothic,
Form: Free verse
Michelangelo: Modern English Translations
MICHELANGELO: Modern English Translations
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is considered by many experts to be the greatest artist and sculptor of all time. These are modern English translations of his poems and epigrams by Michael R. Burch.
SONNET: RAVISHED
by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Ravished, by all our eyes find fine and fair,
yet starved for virtues
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Categories:
modern english, art, beauty, light, love,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Modern English Most
Modern English Most
Do use modern English most these days
If poems wanted to receive much praise
So of the game what must be the quirk?
Answer is Poetry Soup having a network.
Another secret will surely want to share
Two identical things are a perfect pair
Both flow together on natural course
And at same time each other reinforce.
When joined they are
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Categories:
modern english, political,
Form: Couplet
Ode To My Love (Modern English Version)
What wondrous beauty lies within these eyes
Fairest creature in face and gracious form
Your vision lovelier than summer skies
In you, my true happiness now reborn
Lay with your loving hand upon my heart
Breath of love whispered soft upon my cheek
Please fear not, that we shall be torn apart
For our love
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Categories:
modern english, happiness, hope, uplifting, wife,
Form: Sonnet