Sappho, fragment 2 (Lobel-Page 2 / Voigt 2 / Diehl 5, 6 / Bergk 4, 5) Come, Cypris, from Cretea to meet me at this holy temple where a...

Yes, art comes far more thrilling from forms that are averse to drilling, enamel, onyx, verse. To Hell with false constrictions! But to...

"Lu Zhai" ("Deer Park") by Wang Wei (699-759) loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Uninhabited hills ... except that now...

Gitanjali 11 by Rabindranath Tagore loose translation/interpretation/modernization by Michael R. Burch Leave this vain chanting and...

This song was composed by Schiller in response to inquiries about the fate of his character Thekla in his tragedy, Wallenstein’s Death....

It was in the midst of life’s Spring: when I took to the road, Leaving behind youth’s dances And my family’s abode. In good faith, I cast...

Let all men be good, Noble and giving. For, that alone Distinguishes them From other beings Known in this world. Hail to the unknown...

The young Greek had to vanquish many daring trials Before he could be welcomed in the Eleusian house. Are you matured enough to enter the...

At sunrise, I cast my nets into the sea, dredging up the strangest and most beautiful objects from the depths ... some radiant like...

He stood on the ancient battlements, Proudly gazing from the parapets On Samos, over which he reigned. “This realm bends beneath my iron...

With the old magician Gone once more away, Let my own ambition Make his wraiths obey. Carefully I noted His every word and sign. My will...

When the almighty Father of all things, Using his steady hand, Calmly unleashed his shafts Of lightning through the world, Scattering on...

Over the glistening waves of distant seas Travels, swan-like, a humble bark. Along the waters an old soul as well Glides like a ship...

Fall rain, fall upon this old world, And wake deep inside me the dreams That I dreamt when I was a child, When rain would wet the golden...

So dark, so dark the willow forests loom, The skies are wintered and the evening hushed. Now neither shroud nor light nor vapors rise,...

There once descended a youth from Athens Into a dreamy Corinthian town; He was eager to meet new family, friends, And his luscious bride...

We present the full uncensored version of Friedrich Schiller's "The Gods of Greece" translated into English for the first time. Because...

We are proud to present a selection of original translations of ancient Greek poet Sappho by Michael R. Burch. While only fragments of...

I. Time unfolds in a three-fold way: The future stalks us cautiously, The now like lightning bolts departs, The past forever-still...

When, pained with spiritual thirst, I trudged across a gloomy desert, I came upon a six-winged seraph Standing before me on my path. With...