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Un día…
Un día… (poemas sintéticos) is a 1919 poetry collection by the Mexican poet José Juan Tablada, the first collection of haikai, the Japanese short poem, published in Spanish.
Under Ben Bulben
"Under Ben Bulben" is one of the last poems of William Butler Yeats, completed in September 1938 and ending with the epitaph on his headstone at Drumcliff, County Sligo.
Under der linden
"Under der linden" is a Middle High German love song by the Minnesänger Walther von der Vogelweide, composed around 1200 and famous for its refrain tandaradei.
Unnuneeli Sandesam
Unnuneeli Sandesam (ഉണ്ണുനീലിസന്ദേശം) is a 14th-century Malayalam messenger poem written in Manipravalam, believed to be the first sandesha kavya in Malayalam, dated 1350 to 1365.
Upakhyana
Upakhyana (उपाख्यान, upākhyāna) is a Sanskrit term for a subordinate tale or episode embedded in a longer narrative, especially the Mahabharata, whose 67 cataloged upakhyanas clarify points of dharma.
Upapandavas (उपपाण्डव)
Upapandavas (उपपाण्डव), the five sons of Draupadi in the Mahabharata: Prativindhya, Sutasoma, Shrutakarma, Shatanika, Shrutasena, one by each Pandava; all killed by Ashwatthama in the Sauptika Parva night raid.
Urdu poetry (اردو شاعری)
Urdu poetry (اردو شاعری) is South Asian verse in Urdu, born in the Deccan and Delhi from the 13th century. Key forms are the ghazal, nazm, masnavi, qasida, and marsiya; masters include Khusrau, Mir, Ghalib, Iqbal, and Faiz.
Urmila (ऊर्मिला)
Urmila (ऊर्मिला) is a princess of Mithila in the Ramayana, wife of Lakshmana and younger sister of Sita. Valmiki names her once; her famous fourteen-year sleep comes from Telugu women's songs, and modern retellings like Saket and Sita's Sister center her.
Uta monogatari
Uta monogatari (歌物語, "poem tales") is a Heian-period Japanese literary genre of short episodes explaining how waka poems were composed, including Ise monogatari and Yamato monogatari.
Utendi wa Tambuka
Utendi wa Tambuka, also called the Book of Heraclius or Herekali, is a Swahili religious epic dated 1728–1729, attributed to Mwengo and recounting the Battle of Tabuk.
Utenzi wa Ayubu
Utenzi wa Ayubu, also written Utendi wa Ayubu, is an anonymous classical Swahili narrative poem retelling the prophet Job's temptation and restoration, probably composed in 1723 or earlier.
Utenzi wa Mwana Kupona
Utenzi wa Mwana Kupona, also written Utendi wa Mwana Kupona, is a 19th-century Swahili advice poem composed around 1858 by Mwana Kupona binti Msham for her daughter.
Utenzi wa Shufaka
Utenzi wa Shufaka ("The Poem of Compassion") is a classical Swahili epic in which the angels Gabriel and Michael descend in human form to test whether compassion remains among people.
Utkala Bhramanam
Utkala Bhramanam (ଉତ୍କଳ ଭ୍ରମଣଂ) is a long satirical poem by Fakir Mohan Senapati, first published in 1892 and regarded as the first travelogue of Odia literature.
Üvercinka
Üvercinka is the first poetry book of Turkish poet Cemal Süreya, published in 1958 and regarded as a founding work of the İkinci Yeni movement.
Vade-mecum
Vade-mecum is an unfinished poetic cycle by Cyprian Kamil Norwid, the last great Polish Romantic poet. Its Latin title means "come with me," and it was never printed in his lifetime.
Vafþrúðnismál
Vafþrúðnismál is an Eddic poem in Old Norse, third in the Codex Regius, in which Óðinn, disguised as Gagnráðr, wins a deadly wisdom contest with the giant Vafþrúðnir.
Vairagyashataka
The Vairagyashataka (वैराग्यशतक) is a Sanskrit collection of about one hundred verses on renunciation attributed to Bhartrihari, part of the Śatakatraya with the Nitishataka and Shringarashataka.
Vaishnav Jan To
Vaishnav Jan To (વૈષ્ણવ જન તો) is a 15th-century Gujarati Hindu bhajan by poet-saint Narsinh Mehta that defines a true Vaishnava by empathy and ethical conduct.
Vaishnava Padavali
Vaishnava Padavali (বৈষ্ণব পদাবলী) is the body of medieval Bengali devotional lyric poetry, composed from the 14th to the 17th century, centering on the love of Radha and Krishna.
Vajjalagga
Vajjalagga (वज्जालग्ग) is a medieval anthology of Prakrit love stanzas compiled by the Jain poet Jayavallabha between about 750 and 1340, one of the two most important Prakrit anthologies after Hāla.
Valayapathi
Valayapathi (வளையாபதி) is one of the Five Great Epics of Tamil literature, a Jain narrative poem, probably from the 9th century, of which only fragments survive.
Valmiki
Valmiki (Vālmīki, वाल्मीकि), the adikavi or First Poet, is the sage credited with composing the Sanskrit Ramayana, India's earliest literary work, dated roughly 750–500 BCE, celebrated each Valmiki Jayanti.
Vamiq o Azra
Vamiq o Azra (وامق و عذرا) is a Persian verse romance telling of the love of Prince Vamiq and Azra; Unsuri Balkhi first versified it in the 11th century, and only scattered verses survive.
Văn tế nghĩa sĩ Cần Giuộc
Văn tế nghĩa sĩ Cần Giuộc is a Vietnamese eulogy by Nguyễn Đình Chiểu mourning militia farmers killed attacking a French fort at Cần Giuộc in 1861.
Văn tế thập loại chúng sinh
Văn tế thập loại chúng sinh, also known as Văn chiêu hồn, is a Vietnamese poem attributed to Nguyễn Du, used in rituals for wandering souls.
Văn tế Trương Định
Văn tế Trương Định is a funeral oration by the blind Vietnamese poet Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, written in 1864 to mourn resistance leader Trương Định.
Vande Mataram (वन्दे मातरम्)
Vande Mataram (वन्दे मातरम्), India's National Song, written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1875, published in Bangadarshan and Anandamath (1882), given equal status with Jana Gana Mana in 1950.
Vasily Tyorkin
Vasily Tyorkin (Василий Тёркин) is the soldier-hero of Alexander Tvardovsky's 1942 verse work Vasily Tyorkin: A Book about a Fighter, the best-known literary work on the Great Patriotic War.
Vasucharitra
Vasucharitra (వసుచరిత్ర, also written Vasucaritramu) is a sixteenth-century Telugu prabandha, a classical court poem composed by Bhattumurti, better known as Ramaraja Bhushana, and praised as a perfect Prabandha of its age.