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Three versions of Sappho’s Poem of Jealousy

Posted 454 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

My muse, what ails this ardour? Mine eys be dym, my lymbs shake, My voice is hoarse, my throte scorcht, My tong to this roofe cleaves, My fancy amazde, my thoughtes dull’d, My head doth ake, my life faints My …

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The Troubadours 2: a poem in 5 languages

Posted 581 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Here is a poem, or rather a song, which is written in five languages, with one verse each: Provençal, Italian, French, Gascon and Galician. The sixth verse is written in all these languages, in the same order, with two lines …

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The Troubadours 1: entrebescant los mots…

Posted 592 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Thanks to my local library, I have been reading the medieval Troubadours. (The Wikipedia entry is in this case excellent, so I recommend you head there if you want a more in-depth overview.) The troubadour tradition had its origins in …

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The Ruined Maid

Posted 601 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

On Monday, we shared QuickSilver president Colin Whiteley’s translation of a sonnet by Lope de Vega. Below you will find Estrella Whiteley’s response, a rendering of Thomas Hardy’s The Ruined Maid. First, the original: “O Melia, my dear, this does …

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Soneto de Repente

Posted 603 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Today, a treat for poetry lovers: the results of a translation challenge between Colin (polymath polyglot and QuickSilver President) and Estrella Whiteley. The idea was for Colin to render a Spanish poem into English and Estrella an English poem into …

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