Fra banc to banc, fra wod to wod, I rin
Ourhailit1 with my feble fantasie,
Thursday, 30 November 2017
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
It was the month of May - Juan Lorenzo Segura
It was the month of May, a glorious time,
When merry music make the birds in boughs,
When merry music make the birds in boughs,
Tuesday, 28 November 2017
Song of a Young Girl - Flavien Ranaivo
Oaf
tlie young man who lives down there
beside the threshing floor for rice;
like two banana-roots
on either side the village ditch,
tlie young man who lives down there
beside the threshing floor for rice;
like two banana-roots
on either side the village ditch,
Monday, 27 November 2017
Ode XIV: To the Roman State - Horace
O ship, new waves will bear you back again to sea.
O what are you doing? Bravely seize the port.
O what are you doing? Bravely seize the port.
Sunday, 26 November 2017
Rising at midnight - Gregory the Great
Rising at midnight, one and all awaking,
Chant we in ceaseless round our matins sweet,
And to the Lord, melodious music making.
In tuneful quire our twilight hymns repeat.
Chant we in ceaseless round our matins sweet,
And to the Lord, melodious music making.
In tuneful quire our twilight hymns repeat.
Saturday, 25 November 2017
Women - Simonides of Amorgos
She from the steed of wanton mane
Shall spurn all servile toil and pain;
Nor shake the sieve, nor ply the mill
Nor sweep the floor, though dusty still.
Shall spurn all servile toil and pain;
Nor shake the sieve, nor ply the mill
Nor sweep the floor, though dusty still.
Friday, 24 November 2017
Do not worry for to-morrow - Ben Sira
Do not worry for to-morrow,
As thou dost not know the sorrow
Which to-day bears in its train.
As thou dost not know the sorrow
Which to-day bears in its train.
Thursday, 23 November 2017
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
Up and sing! - Mawlana (Taj ud-Din) Ahmed
Up and sing! O 'anqa-natured1 nightingale!
High in every business doth thy worth prevail:
Sing! for good the words are that from thee proceed;
Whatsoever thou dost say is prized indeed.
High in every business doth thy worth prevail:
Sing! for good the words are that from thee proceed;
Whatsoever thou dost say is prized indeed.
Tuesday, 21 November 2017
Idyl I: The Stray Cupid - Moschus
As Cupid from his mother Venus strayed,
Thus crying him aloud the goddess said,
"If any one a wandering Cupid see,
The little fugitive belongs to me:
Thus crying him aloud the goddess said,
"If any one a wandering Cupid see,
The little fugitive belongs to me:
Sunday, 19 November 2017
Arise and render thanks to God - Notker Balbulus
Arise and render thanks to God,
The Lord and King of all,
The Lord and King of all,
Saturday, 18 November 2017
De Spectaculis.IV (A crowd dangerous to peace) - Marcus Valerius Martialis
A crowd dangerous to peace
and a foe to tranquil rest,
and a foe to tranquil rest,
Friday, 17 November 2017
Mame - Fatou Dioffé Bâ
Grandfather, last of my Fathers,
My luck, my hope, my essence,
Tell me about my roots, tell me about my rooted self.
Oh Father, how much I wished from you!
My luck, my hope, my essence,
Tell me about my roots, tell me about my rooted self.
Oh Father, how much I wished from you!
Thursday, 16 November 2017
Poetry - Lieke Marsman
At the moment it feels a bit like
those times I would try to find
a hiding place behind
the gym building yep, a dank place
those times I would try to find
a hiding place behind
the gym building yep, a dank place
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Days of my childhood - Michael Ghazarian Nalbandian
Days of my childhood, like a dream
Ye fleeted, to return no more.
Ah, happy days and free from care,
Ye brought but joy in passing o’er!
Ye fleeted, to return no more.
Ah, happy days and free from care,
Ye brought but joy in passing o’er!
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Rear View Mirror - Cheela Chilala
Sweaty hands gripping the wheel
Perspiration on my brow,
My feet weary and my shoes worn,
I drive through life's tough terrain
Perspiration on my brow,
My feet weary and my shoes worn,
I drive through life's tough terrain
Monday, 13 November 2017
An Open Wound - Tanja Bakić
An open wound
Under the hot earth
Calls me out.
Under the hot earth
Calls me out.
Sunday, 12 November 2017
Factory of Tears - Valzhyna Mort
And once again according to the annual report
the highest productivity results were achieved
by the Factory of Tears.
the highest productivity results were achieved
by the Factory of Tears.
Saturday, 11 November 2017
Shadows on the Land, II - Carlos Villagra Marsal
Ill-fated land,
orphaned by your children,
mansion of forgetfulness
and of punishment.
orphaned by your children,
mansion of forgetfulness
and of punishment.
Friday, 10 November 2017
Star-Struck - Nana Olapet Olawumi
I was just a nobody
A girl who sang in a bar
A girl who sang in a bar
Thursday, 9 November 2017
A Girl - Adriaan Morrien
I am too weak to keep up life’s renewal
within myself, my blood is too speechless; see
my fearing hands and see my lap
within myself, my blood is too speechless; see
my fearing hands and see my lap
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
Clotilde - Guillaume Apollinaire
Anemone and columbine
Where gloom has lain
Opened in gardens
Between love and disdain
Where gloom has lain
Opened in gardens
Between love and disdain
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
No Country we Headed to - Saif al-Rahbi
No woman we loved
the enemy didn’t conquer first.
the enemy didn’t conquer first.
Sunday, 5 November 2017
The “WHO?” of lbn Abitur of Cordoba - Yosef lbn Abitur
who
ANCHORED the high skies
who
SET OFF the wheels for those who shine
ANCHORED the high skies
who
SET OFF the wheels for those who shine
Saturday, 4 November 2017
Mack The Knife - Bertolt Brecht
Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear
And he shows them pearly white.
Just a jack knife has Macheath, dear
And he keeps it out of sight.
And he shows them pearly white.
Just a jack knife has Macheath, dear
And he keeps it out of sight.
Friday, 3 November 2017
The Seeing Blindness - Kushal Poddar
We watch the slim women model
for our favorite potato wafers.
What is silence but the crunching incisions?
for our favorite potato wafers.
What is silence but the crunching incisions?
Thursday, 2 November 2017
The Arms of Bodhisatva - Tiziana Colusso
What is wisdom
if not inscribed in the natural flux of things?
if not inscribed in the natural flux of things?
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
My Dear and Only Love - James Graham
My dear and only Love, I pray
This noble world of thee
Be govern'd by no other sway
But purest monarchy;
For if confusion have a part,
Which virtuous souls abhor,
And hold a synod in thy heart,
I'll never love thee more.
This noble world of thee
Be govern'd by no other sway
But purest monarchy;
For if confusion have a part,
Which virtuous souls abhor,
And hold a synod in thy heart,
I'll never love thee more.
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