Hafez Translations
These are my modern English translations of poems by Hafez aka Hafiz.
The heart is the thousand-stringed lyre
Tuned to the chords of Love.
—Hafez, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
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Dispensing Keys
by Hafez
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Sappho Translations
These are my modern English translations of the immortal Sappho of Lesbos.
A short revealing frock?
It's just my luck
your lips were made to mock!
—Sappho, fragment 155, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
