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Beatrice and the Ineffable Smile: Canto XXIII of Paradise by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns

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May 24, 2023
Beauty, Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation
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. Beatrice and the Ineffable Smile: Canto XXIII of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns Just as a bird that stands watch to ensure __the safety of her brood, beside the...
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Poems from ‘The Still Beloved’ by Amado Nervo, Translated by Alan Steinle

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May 21, 2023
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Translation
20 Comments
. Poems from 'The Still Beloved' ('La Amada Inmóvil') by Amado Nervo (1870-1919) translated from the Spanish by Alan Steinle The poems below are selections from the book La Amada Inmóvil: Versos a Una...
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Book Review: Seven Poems by Jacob Balde, Translated by Karl Maurer

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May 20, 2023
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. Reviewed Book: Seven Poems by Jacob Balde (Translated by Karl Maurer) Cooper and Posey, 2023 by Monika Cooper In 2022, a small and brand-new press launched a paper ship, full of herbs and poppies from...
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‘On the Divine Mercy’: A Poem by Eustache Deschamps, Translated by Margaret Coats

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May 11, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation
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. On the Divine Mercy Seven times the just man falls, and rises again. ---Proverbs 24:16 by Eustache Deschamps (1346-1406) translated by Margaret Coats The just man seven times a day offends, Says Solomon’s...
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Beatrice Does Not Smile: Canto XXI of Paradise by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns

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April 24, 2023
Beauty, Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation
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. Beatrice Does Not Smile: Canto XXI of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns And now my eyes were fastened once again __upon my lady’s face, and all the while __Beatrice __my...
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Three Sonnets by Vittorio Alfieri, Translated by Adam Sedia

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April 12, 2023
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
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. Three Sonnets  by Vittorio Alfieri (1749-1803) translated by Adam Sedia . LXXIV Melancholy, why take your only seat On this, my miserable heart---oh, why? A trembling supplicant, I yet entreat: Oh,...
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Beatrice Smiles: Canto XXXI of Purgatory by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns

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March 15, 2023
Beauty, Dante, Epic, Poetry, Translation
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. Beatrice Smiles: Canto XXXI of Purgatory by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns “You, on the other side of the sacred river,” __Lethe __she called to me, and sharply to the point,...
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Dante Meets Paolo and Francesca: Canto V of Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Translated by Stephen Binns

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February 15, 2023
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. Dante Meets Paolo and Francesca: Canto V of Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns And so from that first circle I went down __into the second, where there is less space __and...

Double Ballade by Conon de Béthune, Translated by Margaret Coats

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February 9, 2023
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
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. Double Ballade of a Crusader by Conon de Béthune (c.1155–1219) translate by Margaret Coats It would be well to fight this zeal For making songs and penning poetry, Since I should conquer faults I...

Sonnet XVIII of the Sacred Rhymes by Lope de Vega, Translated by Martin Rizley

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February 8, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Readings, Translation, Video
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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDSWs61Ye0E . Sonnet XVIII of the Sacred Rhymes by Lope de Vega (1562-1635) translated by Martin Rizley What have I, that you’d seek me as a friend? What interest draws...

‘The City’ by Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm, Translated by Dusty Grein

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February 5, 2023
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
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. The City, 1852 by Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (1817-1888) translated by Dusty Grein Past the gray beach, beside the gray sea, lies a wondrous gray city of old. Heavy fog blankets the roofs all around and in...
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‘Castile’ by Miguel de Unamuno, Translated by Cheryl Corey

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February 2, 2023
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
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. Castile by Miguel de Unamuno (Spain, 1864-1936)translated by Cheryl A. Corey O Castile! You raise me up in the rugged palm of your hand;To the sky that burns, that cools, that holds you under its...

‘I Met a Shepherdess’ by Guido Cavalcanti, Translated by Joseph S. Salemi

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January 8, 2023
Essays, Love Poems, Poetry, Translation
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. I Met a Shepherdess  by Guido Cavalcanti (c. 1250-1300) translated by Joseph S. Salemi I met a shepherdess in a small copse. More beautiful than starlight, the girl seemed. Her hair was blonde-ish, with a...

A Translation of Martin Luther’s Christmas Hymn Vom Himmel Hoch by James A. Tweedie

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December 23, 2022
Culture, Music, Poetry, Translation
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. Vom Himmel Hoch by Martin Luther (1483-1546) translation by James A. Tweedie 1. From highest heaven I here befall To bring a good news tale to all. So much I want this tale to bring To tell it I will gladly...

Two Poems by Victor Hugo, Translated by Joshua C. Frank

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November 5, 2022
Love Poems, Music, Poetry, Translation
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. Guitar by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Translated by Joshua C. Frank Gastibelza, the rifleman coming to town, Sang loud and clear: “Has someone seen Doña Sabina around, Someone from here? O villagers, sing...

‘A Conversation Between the Poor and the Poorer’ by Okura, Translated by Seiji Hakui

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October 23, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Translation
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. A Conversation Between the Poor and the Poorer, followed by an Envoi From the book five of the Man'yōshū, this poem is believed to be based on what the author witnessed while working as a provincial...

‘Leisure’: A Meditation on Horace’s Carmen I.IX, by Jonathan Shoulta

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October 13, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation
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. Σχολή (Leisure) A Meditation on Horace’s Carmen I.IX You see the glist’ning peak of Mount Soracte, which towers, high with snow, its straining forests bent low and cracking under their wintry...

‘Bergerette’ by Marguerite de Navarre, translated by Margaret Coats

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September 30, 2022
Beauty, Love Poems, Poetry, Translation
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. Bergerette by Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549), translated by Margaret Coats O shepherdess, my friend,On love alone I live.True love is life’s true end,My heart can comprehend,And therefore I intend_My...

‘Carcassonne’ and Other Poetry by Gustave Nadaud, Translated by Joshua C. Frank

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September 21, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Music, Poetry, Translation
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. Carcassonne by Gustave Nadaud (1820-1893) Translated by Joshua C. Frank “At sixty years, I’m getting old, And I’ve been working all my days Not being able to behold Fulfillment of my wishing gaze. I...

Athena Emboldens Telemachus: Book 1 of The Odyssey Complete Text, Translated by Mike Solot

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September 15, 2022
Culture, Epic, Poetry, Translation
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. The Odyssey Translator's Note: The Odyssey, Book 1, which exemplifies an essential feature of Homer's art as a storyteller, the way he composes the books of his epics as wholes, each with its own beginning,...

‘Obedience’ by Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Translated by Joseph S. Salemi (with a Long Note)

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September 13, 2022
Culture, Essays, Humor, Poetry, Translation
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. Obedience by Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791-1863) translated from Romanesco by Joseph S. Salemi It’s not true, Christians, what you have been told— That you need endless patience to obey. Obedience...

‘Lament of the Little White Horse’ by Paul Fort, Translated by Joshua C. Frank

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August 13, 2022
Beauty, Music, Poetry, Translation
11 Comments
. Lament of the Little White Horse by Paul Fort (1872-1960) Translated by Joshua C. Frank The little horse in the weather so dread, What courage he had inside! A little horse as white as white bread, All...

Poems by Théodore de Banville (1823-1891), Translated by Margaret Coats

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August 7, 2022
Beauty, Humor, Poetry, Rondel, Translation, Triolet
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. Poems by Théodore de Banville (1823-1891) translated by Margaret Coats The Velocipede Half brain, and half a pair of wheels, Transcending anthropology, Calf poised on manufactured heels, Half brain, and...

‘For Then’ by Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera, Translated by Cheryl Corey

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July 12, 2022
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
14 Comments
. For Then by Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (Mexico, 1859-1895) translated by Cheryl Corey O, to die upon the open sea At sunset, facing heaven, where agony Is but a dream; and soul, the essence of me, Is like a...

A Translation of Horace’s Barine Ode, by Joseph S. Salemi

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July 11, 2022
Culture, Love Poems, Poetry, Sapphic Verse, Translation
20 Comments
. Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Odes, II.8 “The first thing we learn about Barine is that she is in the habit of making and breaking promises (of love and fidelity, presumably) and that she is never punished...

‘Life Is a Dream’ by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Translated by Elwin Wirkala

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June 28, 2022
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
5 Comments
. Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681) Translated by Elwin Wirkala The king dreams he is king, and lives with this deception ordering, disposing of and governing, and all the applauses...

‘Canzone to the Virgin’ by Petrarch, Translated by Margaret Coats

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June 10, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation
20 Comments
. Canzone to the Virgin by Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) Translated by Margaret Coats Virgin beautiful, vested with the sun And crowned with stars, who pleased the Sun supreme So much that within you He hid...

A Translation and Musical Setting of Victor Hugo’s Poem, ‘Demain, dès l’Aube,’ by James A. Tweedie

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May 9, 2022
Beauty, Music, Poetry, Translation
11 Comments
. "Tomorrow, at Dawn" Sung in English . "Tomorrow, at Dawn" Sung in French . Tomorrow, at Dawn by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Translation by James A. Tweedie Tomorrow, when the countryside is kissed by...

The Canterbury Tales General Prologue: Translation of Lines 1-18

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May 7, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Education, Poetry, Translation
16 Comments
. The Canterbury Tales---General Prologue, Lines 1-18 by Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) Translated by Evan Mantyk When April’s sweetest showers downward shoot, The drought of March is pierced right to the...

‘Tomorrow’s Poets’ by Enrique González Martínez, Translated by Cheryl Corey

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April 11, 2022
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
5 Comments
. Tomorrow’s Poets by Enrique González Martínez (1871-1952) translated by Cheryl Corey Tomorrow’s poets will sing beyond all praise In verse that’s out of tune with present day; New stars will bring...

The Flowers’ Easter Debate: A Translation by Margaret Coats

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April 10, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry, Translation
28 Comments
. The Flowers' Easter Debate Palm Sunday is the Flowers’ Easter, the day when they honored Jesus Christ entering Jerusalem. As they did not need Good Friday’s bloody atonement for sin, the flowers were...

Comparing Translations of Charles d’Orleans, by Margaret Coats

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March 9, 2022
Beauty, Essays, Poetry, Rondel, Translation
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. "I Heard Chapman Speak Out Loud and Bold" by Margaret Coats My title quotes “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer,” a sonnet by John Keats. When Keats first read Homer, the voice he heard was not...

‘From the Tower’ by Francisco de Quevedo, Translated by Elwin Wirkala

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February 25, 2022
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
6 Comments
. From the Tower by Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645) | translated from Spanish by Elwin Wirkala Retired to these deserts and at peace, and with but few, though learnèd, books beside, I live conversing now...

A Valentine from Geoffrey Chaucer, Margaret Coats, and James A. Tweedie

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February 14, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Love Poems, Music, Poetry, Readings, Rondel, Translation, Video
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.   https://youtu.be/3XWcnISYGSE . Rondel for Saint Valentine's Day by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340–1400) | modernized in the original lyric form by Margaret Coats Now welcome, springtime, with your gentle...

Winners of the 2022 SCP Poetry Translation Competition Announced

The Society
February 1, 2022
Poetry, Poetry Contests, Translation
4 Comments
. Judges Margaret Coats Evan Mantyk . First Place ($100) Talbot Hook, Connecticut "Mourning the Dead" by Li Qingzhao; "Bamboo-Grove Pavilion" by Wang Wei . Second Place Joseph Greene, California "Solitude"...

‘Solitude’ by Müller and ‘Serenade’ by Rellstab, Translated by Joseph Greene

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January 28, 2022
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
10 Comments
. Solitude by Wilhelm Müller (1794-1827) | from German by Joseph Greene As when a cloud is darkened And drifts through sunlit sky, While through the many treetops An icy breeze does fly: As such I make my...

‘The Two Corteges’ by Soulary, Translated by Hadyn Adams

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January 25, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation
4 Comments
. The Two Corteges by Joséphin Soulary (1815-1891) | translated from French by Hadyn Adams Within a church two groups of people met: An infant’s funeral cortege, the first: A woman followed, her heart fit...

Poems by Li Qingzhao, Wang Wei, and Du Mu, Translated by Talbot Hook

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January 24, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry, Translation
13 Comments
. Mourning the Dead by Li Qingzhao, Southern Song (1084-1155) | from Chinese by Talbot Hook Above in the heavens the star-river flows; Down on the earth the curtains hang low. As the air grows chill, and my...

‘To Tchaikovsky’ by A.N. Apukhtin, Translated by Olga Dumer

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January 22, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Music, Poetry, Translation
13 Comments
. To Tchaikovsky by A.N. Apukhtin (1840-1893) | Translated from Russian by Olga Dumer With my musician friend’s departure A minor key pervades my lines. Yet, like a fugue’s evolving texture, Old...

Two Poems by Friedrich Hebbel, Translated by Sean Thompson

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January 20, 2022
Beauty, Poetry, Translation
5 Comments
. To Sleep, to Sleep by Friedrich Hebbel | translated from German by Sean Thompson To sleep, to sleep and only sleep And never wake and have no dreams! The bitter woes that made me weep but half-remembered...
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