Charles d'Orleans translations
Charles d'Orleans
Modern English poetry translations by Michael R. Burch
Charles d'Orleans bio and timeline/chronology
Was Charles d'Orleans the world's greatest love poet? I believe he is certainly a candidate. His bio appears after his poems.
Le Primtemps (“Spring” or “Springtime”)
by Charles d’Orleans (c. 1394-1465)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Voltaire Translations
This is my modern English translation of a French poem by Voltaire, one of my all-time favorite writers. The poem is followed by two translations of epigrams by Voltaire.
Les Vous et Les Tu (“You, then and now”)
by Voltaire
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Stephane Mallarme translations
These are my modern English translations of poems by the French poet Stephane Mallarme, including his elegy for Egar Allan Poe.
The Tomb of Edgar Poe
by Stéphane Mallarmé
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Transformed into himself by Death, at last,
the Bard unsheathed his Art’s recondite blade
to duel with dullards, blind & undismayed,
who’d never heard his ardent Voice, aghast!
RILKE TRANSLATIONS
Herbsttag (“Autumn Day”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch