Category Archives: Translations

Catullus 48

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Mar Ideal por Juan Ramón Jiménez

… One of the great love stories is the marriage of Spanish poets, Zenobia Camprubí and Juan Ramón Jiménez. This poem by Jiménez is sublime and fluid while my translation doggy paddles. Focus on the Spanish. … … … … Continue reading →

Catullus 12, A Stolen Napkin

9 Oct ’15

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Catullus 99: Sweet Juventius

8 Oct ’15

… Surripui tibi, dum ludis, mellite Iuventi, suaviolum dulci dulcius ambrosia. verum id non impune tuli: namque amplius horam suffixum in summa me memini esse cruce, dum tibi me purgo nec possum fletibus ullis tantillum vestrae demere saevitiae. nam simul … Continue reading →

Catullus 31, On Coming Home

6 Oct ’15

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Catullus 11

12 Aug ’15

… Catullus 11 was written toward the end of the poet’s life circa 54 BCE, around the time Caesar, a friend of his, invaded Britain. It begins with Catullus asking two acquaintances to accompany him on a trip around the … Continue reading →

Catullus 51

12 Jul ’15

… Catullus’s famous Lesbia poem, 51, imitates Sappho, the Greek poet whose work was almost completely destroyed by the early Christians who thought she was perverse. Scholars imagine that the real woman Catullus was addressing would have known Sappho’s poem, … Continue reading →

Desvelo por Juan Ramón Jiménez

23 Jun ’15

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Le Guignon (Bad Luck) par Charles Baudelaire

10 Jun ’15

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Correspondances par Charles Baudelaire

9 Jun ’15

… La Nature est un temple où de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L’homme y passe à travers des forêts de symboles Qui l’observent avec des regards familiers. Comme de longs échos qui de loin se confondent … Continue reading →

Catullus 8

9 Jun ’15

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Élévation par Charles Baudelaire

7 Jun ’15

… … Elevation Above the marshes, above the valleys the mountains, the woods, the clouds, the sea beyond the sun, beyond the ether beyond the limits of our starry sphere my Spirit you move me agilely like a swimmer let … Continue reading →